A police and crime commissioner has been criticised for saying “protest groups” in the wake of the Southport stabbings are focused on “the desire to protect Britain’s sovereignty, the need to uphold British values and in order to do this stop illegal immigration”.
Donna Jones, a Conservative Party politician who has been Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2021 and also chairs the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said “arresting people” is “treating the symptom and not the cause”.
