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  • Keir Starmer stands in front of CCTV screens at Lambeth police HQ in London.

    ‘Two-tier’: UK treats far-right attacks less harshly than Islamist violence, says thinktank

    Exclusive: Defence thinktank says rightwing violence ‘often classified as mere thuggery’ by politicians and prosecutors
  • Illustration of a Molotov cocktail filled with printed words

    Britain burns while liberals check facts

    Stewart Lee
    Traditional news outlets flagellate themselves when inaccurate. But the rightwing instigators of last week’s riots aren’t restricted by concepts such as truth
    • The roots of the UK’s unrest lie in the warping of genuine working-class grievances

      Kenan Malik
    • ‘We’re too frightened to talk about immigration,’ warns top Labour party veteran

    • ‘People just like rioting’: why swift justice may blur real motivations behind UK rampage

  • Van Badham

    Girls, ignore the sexist rhetoric. Revel in everything that upsets the haters

    Van Badham
    The preferred model of femininity for the yelping far right is the homebound tradwife. Let them cry and keep boxing
  • Rioters hurl pieces of wood and other missiles at helmeted police.

    There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism

    David Olusoga
    Culture wars have poisoned political debate, normalised Islamophobia and opened wounds that a generation blighted by nativism hoped had closed
    • Riots will set back efforts to rebuild Britain’s broken justice system, minister warns

    • Observer comment cartoon
      Chris Riddell on Elon Musk as a Bond villain – cartoon

    • Video doorbells, CCTV, facial recognition: how the police tracked UK rioters

  • Riot police forming a semi circle

    King Charles sends ‘heartfelt thanks’ to police for restoring order after riots

  • demonstrators carrying anti-racism placards

    Anti-racism activist in London reports break-in attempt after far-right threats

  • Rebecca Hendin on the right in the spotlight after a week of riots in Britain – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Rebecca Hendin on the right in the spotlight after a week of riots in Britain – cartoon

  • Charlotte Minvielle

    In France, the president has too much power – Macron’s hubris shows why we need a new system

    Charlotte Minvielle
  • Sadiq Khan seen at Chelsea Football Club, 8 August 2024

    Sadiq Khan on the riots: ‘Like a lot of people of my generation, I felt triggered’

  • A large pro-Palestine march proceeds down Piccadilly London

    Labour needs X to get its message out however much it may wish it didn’t

  • Ben Jennings on Elon Musk and England’s riots – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Elon Musk and England’s riots – cartoon

  • Vigil held in Southport for the victims of the Southport knife attack<br>epa11528654 People look at tributes during a vigil for the victims of the Southport knife attack in Southport, Britain, 05 August 2024. 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana has been charged with three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and one count of possessing a bladed article after an attack in Southport which left three children dead and eight more seriously injured, along with two adults.  EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Final child injured in Southport attack discharged from hospital, as family criticise riots – as it happened

  • A week of riots across the UK filled me with fear, but Wednesday’s show of solidarity has given me hope

    Remona Aly
  • Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands

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