Southport MP: Thugs who do not live here hijacked the worst atrocity in our town’s memory

Southport MP says thugs who do not live here led to outbreak of violenceSource: Times Radio

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00:00There may well have been local people in amongst them, but the vast majority of the people that

00:05were looking at causing division and attacking the police last night, there's intelligence to

00:11suggest that they were from out of town. Keir Starmer was heckled himself. And when you,

00:15again, I suppose I'm using social media here, but you know, when you retweeted Keir Starmer's

00:20statement, the replies to that are unbelievable. Liar, traitor, vile, lots of stuff I can't say

00:27on the radio. I'm sure you see that stuff. Can you understand where that anger is coming from?

00:35Is that kind of just fuelled by online misinformation or is it something else?

00:42There's not a single thing that the Prime Minister that Keir Starmer has done in the

00:46last three and a half weeks he's been in the role that has led to the stabbings that we saw on Monday.