So says the home secretary after riots target mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers. The home secretary has said prison places “are ready” for the “thuggish minority of criminals” rioting across the UK, ahead of an emergency COBRA meeting today. Yvette Cooper will hold the emergency meeting this morning following nearly a week of rioting in cities and towns across the UK. More than 140 people have been arrested so far across the country. In Middlesbrough alone, officers arrested 43 people. She told Sky News those involved, who have injured police, targeted mosques and caused criminal damage, are “a thuggish minority of criminals”.
That’s big talk when she is giving early release to some prisoners because the prison population is at breaking point. She would be better off addressing the root problem which we all know is illegal immigration. We won’t condone the violence but we know why it happened,
