Labour face a brutal awakening about the realities of governing modern Britain

Aug 2, 2024 by Jill

by Rakib Ehsan, Telegraph:

The riots in the Merseyside seaside town of Southport after three young girls were killed in a stabbing spree besmirched their memory and shamed Britain.

[…] For Labour, the honeymoon period is over – the party has been given a brutal awakening over the realities of governing modern Britain. And the new government simply cannot afford to leave itself so open to perfectly legitimate criticisms that it treats cases of public disorder differently, based on the racial, ethnic, and religious background of those involved. It is an irresponsible approach to managing the ever-diversifying and increasingly complicated portrait of modern Britain – risking the exacerbation of anti-establishment sentiments in white-British working-class communities who are anything but trusting of their so-called “natural party”.

The mainstream British political establishment must address public concerns that when it comes to matters of law and order, certain groups are the beneficiaries of preferential treatment. The failure to do so will only fuel suspicion of public institutions and undermine social cohesion – pushing our democracy towards a darker place.

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