This weekend the UK has seen a number of riots – demonstrations that are more or less violent. What are they about? This is a difficult question to answer as the protestors are often claimed to be “far right” who oppose the level of immigration into the country mixed with those concerned about the level of knife crime which resulted in the murder of three young girls last week. Muslims are often seen as to blame for some of the issues.
What has been the Government response to the riots? Getting tough with more prosecutions, more police, more people in prison, stronger laws and more rhetoric seems to be the answer. But I don’t think that will solve the problem. The underlying problem is that many English people do not like the current level of immigration which the Government has done very little to stop. They blame the current ills in society such as high crime rates on too much immigration. The new Labour Government seems unlikely to change matters substantially.
If they want to stop the riots they need to tackle that issue. Too much immigration results in housing shortages and difficulties with other major public services. It also depresses wages due to the influx of unskilled workers.
What is wrong with having right-wing views? I certainly think people should be economically independent and not rely on the state (and our taxes) for basic living costs. I don’t believe in communism or the watered down version called socialism which destroys individual initiative and hence wealth creation. A capitalist economy, which is what we have, needs to be tempered with compassion for those who are temporarily disabled but people should not be relying on the Government for hand-outs at every opportunity.
Only the Reform Party shows any sign of promoting policies that will tackle the main political issues in an effective way. That is why so many people are frustrated with the Conservative and Labour Governments we have had in the last few years who have simply stoked up frustration. The result has been the riots.
Roger Lawson (Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerWLawson )
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Spot on. The current media/political/police axis of gaslighting the nation (“nothing to see here, move along”) cannot and will not stop the riots. I hate to see this violence on our streets but I completely understand why it is occurring and the actions required to stop it begin with controlling immigration; higher minimum wages and more availability of housing will quickly follow, which, in themselves, are a major part of the solution. Only Reform UK offer this currently.