PM: I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he can "guarantee" rioters will "regret taking part in this disorder" as he condemns an attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham and brands the action "far-right thuggery". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery we've seen this weekend.
00:06Be in no doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law.
00:15The police will be making arrests, individuals will be held on remand, charges will follow and convictions will follow.
00:26I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online and then running away themselves.
00:38This is not protest, it is organised violent thuggery and it has no place on our streets or online.
00:50Right now there are attacks happening on a hotel in Rotherham, marauding gangs intent on law-breaking or worse.
01:00Windows smashed, fire set ablaze, residents and staff in absolute fear.
01:08There is no justification, none, for taking this action and all right-minded people should be condemning this sort of violence.
01:21People in this country have a right to be safe and yet we've seen Muslim communities targeted,
01:31attacks on mosques, other minority communities singled out, Nazi salutes in the street,
01:39attacks on the police, wanton violence alongside racist rhetoric.
01:45So no, I won't shy away from calling it what it is, far-right thuggery.