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Novara Media spoke to residents of Barnsley who called out rioters scapegoating immigrants: “Your problems are from the top-down people making us feel small because we’re working class. But I'm proud to be working class, and I'm proud to be anti-racist working class as well."But, during an interview with Novara Media, one local woman offered a robust defence of immigration.She said: “Everything in this town has got some contribution from non-British, non-Barnsley people.
“Your problems are from classism, your problems are from the top down, people making us feel small because we’re working class.“And I will not have it in my town.” There are hopes that the violence may start to fizzle out after Wednesday’s anticipated mayhem did not appear, amid the high sentencing rate among arrested protestersMinister's Stern Warning About 'Armchair Thuggery' Amid Elon Musk's Comments On UK RiotsHuffPost UK Daily Brief
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