Reform UK and Nigel Farage have been accused of 'whipping up' rioters in Southport
The UK needs to see the end of “two-tier politics and two-tier policing” according to Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice.
The MP told GB News: “We've condemned all of the violence from any sides, all sides, comprehensively, it is completely unforgivable. It's inexcusable.
“What's strange is that no Labour politicians are condemning the horrific scenes we saw in Birmingham last night.
“Jess Phillips reprimanded me for seeming to suggest that it was out of order for masked men to be marauding around attacking people. She thought that was justifiable. No violence is justifiable. We're the only party it seems that's actually put that out there.”
He added: “We've got to have equal policing, equal politics, as opposed to what we've currently got. We've got two-tier politics and two-tier policing and it's completely unacceptable.
“What two-tier means is, with regard to politicians, they seem to be, if it's people from the left, then they seem to be excusing what went on yesterday.
“For example, you had a masked man come up behind a presenter from another channel, swearing, abusing, pointing like sort of a gun type scenario with their fingers.
“That seems to be excusable, but essentially anybody who is from perceived [to be] from the right, then they’re far-right thugs. It's all inexcusable.
“This is the sort of two-tier politics I'm talking about. In the same way two tier policing, we have seen that the police have been instructed to respond differently to certain groups of people who are breaking the law.
“We've seen it with the pro-Gaza demonstrations, we've seen it with various other demonstrations over recent months, and that's one of the things that I think is really winding people up.”
He said that Parliament should be recalled to discuss the causes of the unrest: “Millions of British people are afraid of what's happening to our country, about the lack of prosperity, about the inability to access public services, about the lack of housing.
“Millions of people are afraid of what's going on, and we've got to talk about it rationally…we can have a rational discussion amongst politicians, amongst leaders, amongst community groups, but we've got to do that by recalling Parliament and talking about it and being open about it.”
