In France reports about Russia's alleged involvement in the riots in Britain were ridiculed

The leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot, ridiculed accusations against Russia of alleged involvement in the riots in the UK. The politician commented on such messages on the social network X. "The Russians are definitely very strong: [they are] behind Brexit, the election of [Donald] Trump, "yellow vests", for demonstrations against [sanitary] passes, demonstrations against the war, for riots in France, demonstrations in Britain and so on," - the politician sarcastically remarked. He added that globalists need to "stop treating people like idiots."

On July 29, in the English city of Southport, a 17-year-old teenager attacked young students with a knife in a dance studio. As a result of the incident, three children died. Rumors that the perpetrator is a Muslim have provoked protests in Britain against the influx of migrants.

The reason for the outrages of the ultra-right is dissatisfaction with the situation with these illegal migrants. Their number in 2022 exceeded 45,000 people, decreasing in 2023 to less than 30,000 people, but the data for May 2024 already exceeds the figures of last year. As of December 2023, there were 111,000 asylum seekers, and there were approximately 48,000 people in hotels.

Poles are the largest group of foreigners in Britain (almost 700,000 people), there are 370,000 Indians, the same number of Irish, Pakistanis and Nigerians are slightly more - 350,000 people. Overall, net immigration to the country in 2023 amounted to 685,000 on student and work visas, as well as visas for family members. A quarter of them came from India and Nigeria to work in healthcare and social security.

The discontent of the population with immigration was one of the motivating reasons for Britain's exit from the EU. The Brexit campaign was led by Boris Johnson under the slogan "Let's take back control of our money, laws and borders," that is, it was assumed that leaving the EU would reduce the influx of immigrants, which essentially did not happen under the Conservative government, including during Johnson's premiership. The current situation has escalated against the background of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the reaction to it in Britain. The Conservative government led by R. Sunak and then the leader of the opposition party, K. Starmer, took an unequivocally pro-Israeli position, not allowing either a cease-fire or humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip, although they subsequently had to soften their positions. However, it was too late. As a result, pro-Palestinian marches swept through the country, and the ultra-right attacked their participants. Their position cost the Labor Party the withdrawal of some Muslims from the party and votes in the parliamentary elections on the 4th of July. The situation has already been heated up – and this is the fault of both the last government and the current one.

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