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The wave of violent unrest and disorder across parts of the UK continued on Monday night as police came under attack in Belfast, Darlington and Plymouth.

Six people were arrested in Plymouth while several officers suffered minor injuries in the violence, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

In South Belfast, riot officers had stones and petrol bombs thrown at them in an area close to a supermarket which was set on fire at the weekend.

Earlier, a vigil was held for the victims of a mass stabbing in Southport last week which sparked the unrest. Nearly 400 people have been arrested since the rioting began.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yes I suppose it's to make them not feel welcome, and to force them out of the country.
I wouldn't be surprised if many of them, feel justified in punishing completely innocent people of something somebody else did.
It's sad that we have that kind of extremists everywhere. Absolutely zero moral compass or empathy.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The funny thing is they're all big fans of Nigel Farage. Farage sure doesn't sound like an English name to me.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

I dunno about Farage himself, but his (now ex) wife is from Germany.

https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-taunted-wife-with-anti-german-football-chant/

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage admitted singing ”Two World Wars, One World Cup,” a popular terrace chant among English fans, to taunt his German wife during football matches, the Telegraph reported.

In an interview with the broadcaster Piers Morgan to be broadcast on British TV Friday, Farage said the rivalry between he and his now estranged wife Kirsten when their countries played each other at football was “quite competitive.”

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I assume he brought her over as an immigrant. Hmm...

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Last I heard he was shacking up with a French politician these days: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_Ferrari

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