Across 35+ towns and cities, simmering unease over immigration boiled over this weekend.
From Cardiff to Hull, Epping to Leeds, protests hit the streets – not fringe noise, but the release valve of ignored frustrations, the sound of ignored concerns.
About asylum placements, overcrowded housing, school safety – finally breaking through.
Police found themselves battered in the middle: 9 officers injured, more than 80 arrests, stretched thin trying to keep (read: force) the peace.
The danger isn’t just the weekend unrest. It’s the complacency that follows.Britain risks treating these protests as background noise when they’re closer to a warning flare.
Combined with inflation, a fragile economy, and whispers of another “autumn of discontent,” the conditions are clear: this is tinder waiting for a spark.
Ignore it, and the fire spreads. Address it – honestly, transparently, decisively – and maybe the streets quiet down again.
But one thing is certain: once a nation wakes up, pretending to sleep is no longer an option.
Source: The Week, Wikipedia
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