UK prime minister announces surveillance state to crack down on ‘far-Right’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced new surveillance measures Thursday which he said was in response to rioting by “far-Right thugs.”

Children killed in stabbing spree

Violent riots have broken out in several cities and towns after 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana entered a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport and stabbed to death three girls aged six, seven, and nine, while wounding ten others. 

Police did not release Rudakubana’s name for over 48 hours after the stabbing spree, during which time some suspected the attacker to be Muslim. While Rudakubana reportedly does not belong to the Islamic faith, the act is seen by some as another anti-White attack fueled by the government’s “diversity” messaging.

Crowds have taken to the streets in at least five cities after the murders, setting fire to a police van and causing other damage. Rioters have also clashed with police and protested outside a mosque, with some reportedly shouting “we want our country back” and “save our children.” At least one riot has been blamed on a “far-Right” group named the English Defence League. Others gathered in protest outside 10 Downing Street, waving English flags and shouting “stop the boats.”

PM Starmer: More cameras, intelligence, travel restrictions, censorship

Recently elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters Thursday that the Labour government will begin deploying facial recognition cameras, supposedly to crack down on the "far-Right" rioters.

“These thugs are mobile,” Starmer said. “They move from community to community, and we must have a policing response that can do the same: shared intelligence, wider deployment of facial recognition technology and preventative action, criminal behaviour orders to restrict their movements before they could even board a train, in just the same way that we do with football hooligans.”

The far-Left prime minister added that law enforcement forces across the country will increase intelligence-sharing, and he urged social media platforms to suppress “criminal speech.”

“And let me also say to large social media companies and those who run them: violent disorder, clearly whipped up online, that is also a crime. It’s happening on your premises, and the law must be upheld everywhere,” he said.

Vastly different response to Muslim riots

The government’s reaction to the riots is vastly different from its response to recent rampages by thousands of Muslim and Romanian immigrants.

Last month, rioters in the Harehills neighborhood destroyed a police vehicle and set a bus aflame after Social Services agents and police forcefully seized five Romanian children from their home. Authorities were reportedly concerned about the children’s welfare following an incident in April when a nine-month-old was accidentally dropped and suffered a head injury. 

As the Social Services agents tried to remove the children, they were “met with hostility” by residents, drawing about 50 West Yorkshire Police officers to the scene. Riots soon broke out, and a 2,000-strong mob of Muslim and Romanian migrants began destroying government property and roads. 

Police fled, saying afterward that they were met with “a barrage of bricks and missiles.” They remained largely absent until around 1 AM as the rioters set fire to the neighborhood. Firefighters refused to enter the area, fearing for their own safety.

A “number of people” were arrested in connection with the riot, the Daily Mail reported. According to independent journalists, one of those was a British woman who made “racially insensitive” remarks about the rioters. She was arrested on the spot.

There were no calls for more surveillance following these riots.

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