The UK has entered into the seventh day of riots and protests and a politics professor has warned “we should be worried.”
Politics professor Dr David Jeffery has said the UK will be hit with more rioting and some could be feeling this is “the calm before the storm” hits, he told GN News.
For seven days riots have been seen petrol bombs being used, a police station burned, many police including a police dog brutally attacks with hundreds arrested across England.
Rioters have targeted hotels housing migrants, mosques and shouting “get them out” in what has been described as vicious scenes.
According to various reports there is 39 protests planned for parts of England on Wednesday, which will also see counter protests.
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Prof Jeffery told GB News, “To some, this might feel like the calm before the storm. There have been lots of threats that today is going to be a big day of protesting or rioting, and that’s something that should worry everybody.
“Some of the signs that we’ve seen now from the system, so from the government, from the state and from the police are quite promising.
“If we think of the Government as an oil tanker, it takes a long time to get into position. But once it does, it can it can make some good progress. And we’ve seen that with the arrests you just mentioned and the very fast set of processing in court, which people might be asking why is it we can suddenly do this now?
“In normal times the courts are all backed up and things like that. Starmer will probably be in a stronger position by the end of the week than he was at the start, because things are starting to move in his favour.”
He added, “I think obviously Starmer’s had to do something. The 6,000 police officers as a kind of standing army is useful, but there are questions of logistics. And will they be in the right place at the right time?
“These take a long time to set up. If we do have the 30 riots that have been mooted across social media and across the news, that is very worrying.
“As someone who’s from Liverpool has seen the riots happen in this city. I don’t want to see my city burn, I don’t want to see my city destroyed.
“I just hope that everybody who’s considering going to one of these protests, even if they intend to be completely peaceful, stays at home.
“Because the more people there are, the more oxygen it provides for the people who do want to cause trouble, and that makes them think that they’re on the right side here.”
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