English rioters are kicking off in cities against the country in protest against the huge number of migrants from foreign countries who have entered Britain.
In the most recent violence, rioters attacked a Hotel Inn Express in Tamworth as the crowd looked on filming and cheering as they toasted each other with beer bottles. The attackers chose the hotel because they believed it was housing migrants. The term is often used ambiguously, depending on the politics and sympathies of the speaker. It can include those who arrive through legal means, but it also includes alleged “refugees” who sneak into the country illegally across the English Channel.
Graffiti on the side of the building read “Get out England.” Someone set a bush on fire and threw it into the hotel, forcing police and firefighters to scramble to put out the blaze in a stairwell before it spread. Outside, those gathered could be hear chanting “England, England, England.”
While almost all major media are describing the rioters and onlookers as “far-right thugs,” it appears that many are simply ordinary working people who are not particularly political or racist. Instead, they say they are tired of competing for decent-paying jobs with people who did not come to the country legally, and who are changing the culture in England for the worse.
Migrant Watch UK, for example, states that the unprecedented number of migrants to England is costing the treasury £13 billion per year in taxpayer money for social benefits such as food and housing.
British police say the riot at the hotel has been quashed, and they are asking the public for help identifying the perpetrators. One officer guarding the hotel suffered a broken arm.
Stuart Ellison, Assistant Chief Constable, called the activity “senseless violence” and “despicable thuggery.” The local residents don’t need or deserve this mayhem, he said, and neither do police officers who put their own safety on the line to protect citizens from harm.
The latest violence marks the fifth day of such riots across the UK. Similar vandalism and disorder has been seen in Middlesbrough, where a car was set alight while others pushed burning trash bins at police officers. The problem has cropped up also in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Bolton, Weymouth, and many other towns and cities.
As the protests and violence enter the sixth day, at least 400 people have been arrested across the country.
