I'm hoping that the Southport riots are a small minority, but the crap on social media is not helping.
The New York Times article upthread laud it out in the starkest terms: for over a decade we've had a bunch of arrogant tossers in charge who haven't a clue about what they are doing beyond the money mechanics. No plan, no vision, not the slightest curiosity about the impact on the ground. As a result, we've got a lot of rich people who have been insulated from the effects of austerity and the cost of living. Especially Government ministers. Then there's the rest of us - who see the food banks, poverty abd illness. You can't get a dentist appointment, the library has closed and your kids are taught by one overworked TA. If you have a heart attack or fall, you are dead. There's no ambulances.
Instead of fixing it, the Government deflected, with a focus on Rwanda and 'illegal immigrants' who handily look different. Then we wonder why the right-wing thugs see them as a legitimate target.
I am spitting about it today. Two kids dead and the response was to attack a mosque? WTF?