UK’s Starmer vows no let up in stopping further far-right riots

AFP | Solihull

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to maintain intensive efforts to stop further far-right riots in English towns and cities, as more people were convicted for their roles in the unrest. Starmer said he would chair another emergency meeting of senior ministers and police leaders later Thursday to plan for potential trouble in “the coming days”.

He also noted the criminal justice system would continue “working speedily” to convict those already arrested during a week of near nightly riots across England and in Northern Ireland. The province’s devolved assembly was recalled from summer recess after another night of disturbances in Belfast, where there were five arrests and a police officer was injured.

Northern Irish police have said the violence there has been exacerbated by pro-UK loyalist paramilitaries. In England, police revealed nearly 500 people had now been arrested for alleged participation in the unrest and a judge in Liverpool, northeast England, jailed several more people for their involvement.