Harsh V Pant

The anger of White Britain UK is a reality and Brexit in more ways than one was a response to this fury but things have continued to grow worse for this demography

In normal times, a tragedy involving the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in the seaside town of Southport, in the north of England, on 29 July would have brought the community together to tide over the incomprehensible nature of events. But then the world is passing through extraordinary times. Instead of compassion, violence surged through English and Northern Irish towns and cities for nearly seven days as disorder spread rapidly led by the far-right. This is being termed as the worst episode of violence that Britain has seen in more than a decade and though things look calm on the surface, simmering tensions underneath haven’t really subsided.