Sir Keir Starmer said he could “guarantee” rioters will “regret taking part in this disorder” as he condemned masked anti-immigration demonstrators who smashed windows at a hotel in South Yorkshire and set it on fire.
Branding the action in Rotherham “far-right thuggery”, the Prime Minister vowed “we will do whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice” as he addressed the nation on TV following a fifth day of violence across parts of the country.