"Britain isn't sleepwalking into catastrophe; it's charging towards it. Last year, a violent rightwing uprising tore through our streets an attempted pogrom in which racists tried to burn asylum seekers alive, attacked homes and businesses thought to belong to migrants, petrol-bombed mosques and assaulted people of colour in broad daylight. That disgrace should hang permanently around the necks of the anti-migrant right, a warning of where scapegoating and toxic lies lead. Instead, the revolt succeeded."
"Reform UK now tops polls by a decisive margin. Its leader, Nigel Farage, raises the spectre of major civil disorder unless anti-migrant demands are met. Lucy Connolly who was jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and is married to a former Conservative councillor has been recast as a martyr by rightwing outlets and politicians."
Violent rightwing mobilization produced an attempted pogrom with arson, attacks on migrant homes and businesses, petrol-bombed mosques, and daytime assaults on people of colour. Anti-migrant rhetoric has intensified in politics and the press, boosting Reform UK in polls and enabling leaders like Nigel Farage to threaten civil disorder. Extremists have celebrated figures such as Lucy Connolly and celebrated mainstream politicians joining protests; organisers claim media amplification. Violent incidents include a targeted mosque, recorded racial abuse of a nurse, racist graffiti on a Chinese takeaway, and an attempted forced entry into a hotel housing asylum seekers. Labour's failure to address economic insecurity and its policy errors have deepened instability.
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