But British authorities have warned that further unrest could be possible. Even if the anti-racists have numbers on their side, the violent protests highlight that there is a passionate minority who feel emboldened to display anti-immigrant and racist views.A third of British children live in relative poverty. And there are more food banks than there are McDonald's.
That's how populism works. It promises the moon, and instead, it hands you a DVD copy of 'Apollo 13'.
We had finally come full circle, with Britain being govberned by economic terrorists and diaster capitalists enabled by a political class of grifters and ambulance chasers, blaming immigrants and poor people for all the country's woes, whilst sucking out every last morsel of marrow out of the bare bones of the rotting corpse of the state.
Who is Keir Starmer, set to be
Starmer, 61, has faced years of criticism for a perceived lack of charisma, but his methodical mission to drag Labour back toward the center of British politics and broaden its voter appeal paid off. Starmer and Labour also, indisputably, capitalized on years of economic pain and political chaos under the Conservatives.Starmer will take the reins of government with a herculean task at hand, with the British people's overall trust in politicians at rock bottom, a record number of children in the U.K. living in poverty, and both his party and the Conservatives grappling with how to handle surging support for a far-right, anti-immigrant strain of politics taking root across Europe.
At a crossroads - Will the European Union shift to the right?