What has caused the riots in the UK?
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00:00And what we've got, of course, is a week ago, the sort of the dreadful stabbings in Southport.
00:04And then, of course, the sort of the misinformation put about by sort of right wingers,
00:09whoever they may be, and I'm not going to sort of name names. But also we have the sort of the
00:13rumors that there are sort of foreign agencies involved in this. And of course, the sort of the
00:17finger of suspicion is always pointed at sort of Russia, because quite clearly, anything that sort
00:22of results in sort of civil disorder on such a widespread basis is good for sort of foreign
00:29powers who like to sort of see us as being disunited. But of course, there is an argument,
00:33why all of a sudden? Yeah, I think there is a sort of a latent misunderstanding. And perhaps,
00:40you know, as I defuse the word resentment of the sort of the fact that sort of people are
00:45coming to this country and, you know, disbelief, you know, whether it be sort of correct or not,
00:49and taking away jobs. So I think that this is that. And of course, it's perhaps, you know,
00:53we sort of saw the sort of worst rising in Rotherham yesterday. You know, Rotherham is a
00:57sort of pretty deprived community. And indeed, a sort of suffered sort of post industrial decline,
01:02you know, the closure of sort of mines and whatever else in the sort of north of England.
01:06And indeed, it's interesting, of course, we've seen this in the north, as opposed to sort of
01:10the south. And you know, where I'm talking from, I mean, okay, there's been sort of some disorder
01:15in Tamworth, but not on such a widespread scale. So I think it's a whole confluence of factors,
01:20which must be sort of worrying the government. Because of course, let's face it, so the government
01:24have a huge majority. So of course, that makes them very secure. But you know, they didn't win
01:29us a stunning mandate, you know, 33.7% of the those that turned out. So I think that these are,
01:36as I say, unresolved questions, and the government got to tread really carefully, quite clearly got to
01:40deal with what's going on at the moment. But yeah, undoubtedly, because of course, you know, the time
01:45soon spins by, they'll be aware that in another five years time, and less than that, of course,
01:50they'll be facing the electorate, and they'll have to have some sort of answers to some of the questions.