‘Violence, hooliganism, fraud: Far-right populist Nigel Farage regards Tommy Robinson as too fringe’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday Britain would not tolerate people feeling intimidated “because of their background or the colour of their skin” after a large far-right protest was marked by battles with police. In his first comments on Saturday’s rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson and attended by up to 150,000 people, according to police, Starmer also condemned attacks on police on officers. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Eve Irvine welcomes Renaud Foucart, Economist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Lancaster University Management School.