“Unless society comes to terms with the deeper causes of anti-migrant, Islamophobic and racist violence, we will be caught in a vicious cycle of events that repeatedly reinforce each other, with the prospect of ugly protests and riots forming an infinite loop.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/18/response-2024-riots-failed-address-root-causes-racism-southport
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Response to 2024 summer riots failed to address root causes and links to racism, report says

Institute of Race Relations says violence in Southport and elsewhere often reduced to ‘mindless’ thuggery

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Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor’ pupils and families

Exclusive: Think Family Education app gives safeguarding leads easy access to pupils’ and relatives’ contacts with police and child protection

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