Jonathan Hayes, the man who tried to disarm the Southport stabber and was knifed in the leg as a result, said Starmer must listen to peoples’ concerns on immigration rather than blame the right as the root cause for the ongoing riots. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Hayes warned:
“I actually don’t think that the trouble on the Right has got anything at all to do with the Southport stabbings. There appears to be a strong undercurrent of discontent for some time about the levels of immigration. And this is just a catalyst or a trigger, but I don’t think it’s the root cause. I do get dismayed when I hear Keir Starmer talking about [how] the police are going to come down with the full force of the law on these people. But they are not actually talking about the root cause, and they need to start listening and understanding that. They need to address the cause rather than the symptoms…”
Starmer should probably take note of these comments…
UPDATE: A new YouGov poll reveals that immigration is the most important national issue amongst the public. The first time since 2016…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”