No10 Briefing on Summer of Riots Blames Everything Except Starmer’s Own Handling of Migrant Crisis
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A bizarre readout from Cabinet emerged yesterday, reported by The Times on its front page this morning: “Sir Keir Starmer is demanding urgent action from cabinet ministers to avoid a repeat of last summer’s rioting after warnings from Downing Street officials that Britain is “fraying at the edges.” Certainly is…
Journalists were told Angela Rayner blamed a number of factors including “economic insecurity, the rapid pace of deindustrialisation, immigration and the impacts on local communities and public services, technological change and the amount of time people were spending online.” Nothing about the government’s own disastrous handling of Southport, migrant hotels and daily small boat crossings…
The briefing was gobbled up by clueless Westminster hacks and regurgitated as a deep social analysis of Britain’s problems. Liz Lloyd, Downing Street’s executive director of policy and delivery, is also said to have quipped: “Social cohesion is fraying at the edges, as services are unable to keep up with changes in time and migration.” They don’t get it…