Continuing a ‘long and ugly history’ of British race riots, a mob attacks police outside a Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers. Photograph: Joel Goodman/LNP

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   "There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism" - David Olusoga

   "While there were horrific attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers, most of those targeted by the rioters were British citizens: members of communities with histories that go back three generations or more."

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   "They are not looking to address inequalities but to target those whom they will never accept as fellow Britons."

   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/10/there-can-be-no-excuses-the-uk-riots-were-violent-racism-fomented-by-populism

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