An advisor to Britain’s Labour government has suggested using COVID-style lockdowns to tackle growing unrest, as protestors clash with police and counter-protestors across the UK after the murder of three young girls at a dance class.
John Woodcock, Baron Walney, a former MP and the UK government’s advisor on political violence and disruption, told Times Radio that the government should be prepared to implement lockdown measures to tackle unrest.
He said the British public will back measures they “feel are necessary to get this situation under control.”
“I think the government and new ministers will understand the British public will back them in whatever measures they feel is necessary to get this situation under control.
“Hopefully we can see this petering out now over the next few days and the extra effort which is being put on forces being able to have effect.
“But if that isn’t the case, I think the British public will back further action from ministers in this emergency to get things under control.
“Back in Covid, they were prepared to back measures that were needed in that situation and I think they would take a similar approach to keeping rioters off the streets now given the scale of damage that has been done to communities.”
Tensions across the UK remain extremely high after the murder of three schoolgirls by Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, the son of a Rwandan immigrant, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.
Hellbound and Down 
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.
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