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This article is part of the problem.
Why is that? It seems to make a very solid point.
Holding politicians to account is a bad thing all of a sudden, apparently.
Weirdo comment.
Edit: I don't understand you lot. It's an article calling out the failure of those in power to tackle the issues. When my mate in Australia asked me about the UK Riots, I told him that they were caused by a lack of accountability. When you look at what's happened in recent years, where are the common sense laws that should've been implemented in their wake. Many of the things that the Leave Campaign stated were proven to be false. Is there a law to ensure such things can't happen again? No. In fact even in the wake of that Farage continued to get press coverage on a platform of lies and hate.
I have previously called out Starmer for his failure to support black and brown people and that was before he became Prime Minister. Following his election, he was cozied up to the police more, when communities came together against the racists, he lauded the police. His failure to speak up and support black and brown people is a massive problem. His failure to ensure the safety of black and brown people, even indirectly, by ensuring politicians can't lie about them is telling.
The job of the press is to call out politicians. I'm glad you're feeling fine and safe and that's your privilege and it shines through loudly when you say these articles are part of the problem, when they're in fact part of the solution. They're the hope of the minorities who are scared and lack a loud enough voice to be heard.
The riots were caused by hooligans belonging to the far right, stirred up by lowlifes like Yaxley and Farage.
They were not caused by Starmer.