Polling has found that nearly 60 percent of Britons have sympathy with anti-mass migration protestors motivated by the fatal stabbing of multiple young girls in Southport last week. At the same time, the vast majority oppose rioting and violence.
Data collected by YouGov reveals an incredible 58 percent of Britons have sympathy with those engaging in peaceful protests after the Southport murders, allegedly perpetrated by a migration-background youth—but few say they feel sympathy for the rioters.
Broken down by political affiliation, Britons supporting Nigel Farage‘s Reform Party are the most supportive of the protests, with over eight in ten saying they support them to some degree.
British authorities have threatened to use terrorism legislation against those taking part in or supporting violence. England’s chief prosecutor has even said the government is ready to try extraditing people from overseas for so much as reposting content deemed problematic online.
Just 23 percent of YouGov’s respondents believe those causing violence are “terrorists” or should be labeled as such.
A majority of supporters of all parties say that immigration policy is responsible for the riots, including 62 percent of the ruling Labour Party’s supporters and 52 percent of the similarly left-wing Liberal Democrats.
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