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Police in the northern English city of Rotherham struggled to hold back a group of far-right activists on Sunday, who broke into a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers.

The disturbance is the latest in a series of violent protests by anti-immigration groups in British towns and cities this week after three girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport in northwest England on Monday.

Footage aired on British TV showed officers with shields targeted by a barrage of projectiles outside the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Rotherham, near Sheffield.

A few minutes later, the protesters can be seen storming the building and removing chairs from inside to use as weapons.

A small fire was also visible while windows in the hotel were smashed.

At least one officer was injured in the confrontation.

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The thought is that it's intentional, that the politicians are deliberately importing cheap labor and deliberately failing to protect domestic industry. Which imo, probably is.

At this point I can only quote Walter White:

“Is this just a genetic thing with you? Is it congenital? Did your mother drop you on your head when you were a baby?”

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Politicians control the immigration policies. They don't just appear out of nowhere.

Same with a lack of protective tariffs.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Have you considered moving to North Korea? Not many migrants there and their internal market is fully protected.

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why aren't they angry with the tories and Farage then? They've shaped our economy into a state that's dependent on immigration while simultaneously destroying all our public services.

[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Because of propaganda, and a lack of education/critical thinking. The media tells them who to blame.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Protective tarriffs are only good for a small portion of society and make everyone else suffer by paying more for worse goods. If certain industries aren't competitive they should shut down and Britain should pivot to doing things it's actually good at.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Factories in first world countries are usually pretty good. Much better than their counterparts in other countries.

What's the point of workers rights if you just move the factories to countries that don't care about workers?

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We could implement the same workplace safety policies the UK has and labor in developing countries would still be vastly cheaper. Workers in developing countries take factory jobs because the alternative is worse. We're not helping these people by discouraging their society from industrializing, nobody wants to be a subsistence farmer forever.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -3 points 3 months ago
[–] DMBFFF@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I suppose many of those immigrants are from Commonwealth countries.