PM says he ‘will not tolerate’ rioting and says people were targeted ‘because of their background’ after widespread unrest following knife attack video
At the Reform UK press conference, the first question came from a GB News reporter who said that Suella Braverman, Reform’s education spokesperson, was home secretary when the Belfast knife attack suspect was granted leave to remain in the UK, and Robert Jenrick, Reform’s Treasury spokesperson, was an immigration minister. The reporter asked why people with a record like that could be trusted on immigration.
This is a line that is being used by Rupert Lowe, the Restore Britain leader. Lowe was elected as a Reform UK MP, but he left after a row with Nigel Farage and his party, which is even more extreme than Farage’s on immigration, is challenging Reform in the Makerfield byelection where it is splitting the rightwing vote in a way that could cost Reform the seat.
The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable.
There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere.
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