British Prime Minister Cancels His Holiday due to Riots across the Country
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cancelled his holiday next week due to riots against migrants across the country.
This was reported by Independent.
The Prime Minister was expected to travel to continental Europe for a summer holiday with his family this weekend.
But it has become clear that he will be working between his Downing Street residence and Chequers, the Prime Minister's country home, next week.
On Friday, the Labour leader ordered police to remain on "high alert" over fears of more unrest this weekend.
6,000 police officers have been deployed to potential hotspots to prevent violence from breaking out.
The Starmer government has moved quickly to expedite the trials of people arrested and charged in connection with the unrest.
On Friday, officials said that 741 arrests had been made, and 302 people charged since the unrest began. Dozens have already received sentences through expedited trials.
The wave of unrest began after a high-profile knife attack on a dance class in Southport, near Liverpool, which left three girls dead and about 10 other children and adults injured.
The riots with anti-immigrant slogans provoked false rumours that the teenage attacker had allegedly recently arrived in the country as an asylum seeker and was a Muslim.
Earlier, Britain's King Charles III called for mutual respect and understanding after the riots and pogroms against Muslims and migrants in the country, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said on Saturday, 10 August, as quoted by Reuters.
The king thanked the police and emergency services for their efforts to restore peace and praised the way community groups have stood up to "aggression and crime by a few," the Buckingham Palace spokesman said.
As The Gaze previously reported, channels created on the Russian messenger Telegram after the Southport killings attracted tens of thousands of participants and were used to mobilise far-right rioters.
In turn, Elon Musk, the owner of the X social network, spread fake news that rioters in Britain would be sent to "camps". He then removed the completely fabricated headline, which was promoted by a far-right political party.