Britain’s new far-left Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has pledged “emergency security” measures for mosques in response to recent national unrest and riots. The disturbances followed the murder of three young girls by a youth of Rwandan heritage.
Sir Keir professed his commitment to tackling “far-right thuggery” against the backdrop of deepening social unrest, a tactic that critics have claimed is simply fuelling the fire. On Sunday, the UK saw multiple confrontations between police and anti-mass migration protestors, including an attack on a “migrant hotel” in Rotherham, an area most famous for its Muslim grooming gangs.
Starmer has now directed his attention towards the safety of Britain’s Muslim population, despite the fact that many of the current running street battles occurring across the United Kingdom have featured gangs of Muslim men armed with machetes and bats, chasing white working-class Britons.
Starmer announced a “new rapid response process” aimed at providing mosques with “additional security personnel.” This initiative seeks to offer immediate protection to Muslim communities, with no such safety protocols for white, British areas. The emergency measure is an extension of the existing Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, which has a budget of up to £29.4 million ($38m) this year.