Why are majority of the riots in northern towns?

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DH & I were watching the riots on the news this morning like most people absolutely horrified.

He's from one of the northern towns affected although we live in the south and started discussing why these riots now (and historically) tend to be more focused on northern towns but didn't really come up with any one thing. Any thoughts on this?

Poverty and attitude

There are more large cities in the north. However london and bristol have experienced some rioting

Poverty, and lots of diversity in northern towns so more opportunity for racism to be rife.

Well Southport is in the Northwest so..
London has experienced its fair share of riots across the years.

Poverty and a feeling of being ignored by Government.

Poverty and areas being particularly deprived of opportunity and investment.

It's particularly true of former mining and fishing communities where the main employment opportunities have been completely destroyed.

It's men without any prospects and multiple governments have never addressed what this has bred - criminality. Racist politicians have exploited this too.

This.

I assume they targeted these places hoping to use poverty and lack of opportunities to push their scapegoating of immigrants...

London and the South are used to having a multicultural society. So yes, there were protests in London but they did not really catch on as in most London boroughs the far right will quickly find out that there are not welcome.

Same if they try to do this in Glasgow. Just like Liverpool did they will send them packing rather quickly...

This

Despair and a lack of control of their environment. A feeling that they have not been heard

Many area in the North are also used to being multicultural .

More likely to have bigger Muslin communities, so the racists target those areas.

The Tottenham riots started in Tottenham. The statue toppling was in the south.

From what I’ve heard, this current unrest seems to be in the North West - people who possibly have been to Southport at some point for a holiday?

Would imagine a lot of the refugees are housed up north, so they may see a lot more of what is going on and fundamentally just not feeling heard by the government.

Just like Liverpool did they will send them packing rather quickly...

Not always. It kicked off badly in various areas of Liverpool yesterday.

You might need to revisit your North of England geography.

I’m in a culturally diverse, inclusive Northern city and joined the counter protest this morning. I have no idea why the far right chose this city to stage a ‘protest’ but I felt so proud of how we showed them they are unwelcome here.

Believing the reform 'party' probably and their racist nonsense

also blame and othering don't know why it's worse in the north

Yup. But also in many cases it's not just a feeling unfortunately.

Deliberately goady reply.

Yes, but a lot of the different cultures havn't integrated as well as in London and the SE probably because there is less opportunity and more poverty in the North.

And this is exactly why they are rioting, because of comments like yours.

People are as entitled to vote Reform as you are to vote for whoever you voted for.

Places with a working class poor, where whole towns were originally built up around industries that no longer exisit, towns with large immigrant populations which often haven't integrated and places where the grooming gangs operate (not entirely related, but all contributes to the feeling of unease)