OPINION - Southport stabbings: As the far-Right flourish on our streets, Keir Starmer will face calls for action
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The police have already made several arrests following despicable violence that broke out in Southport earlier this week in the wake of the mass stabbing of children at a Taylor Swift holiday party. They continue hunting down the other perpetrators — but the harder question is how to deal with the rise of the far-Right. Its thuggish supporters were behind the disorder, and the spread of disinformation and fake news that is fuelling such extremism.