Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges the country to 'work peacefully, lawfully' to defeat racism and discrimination
In an article for the Voice, the prime minister said Mr Floyd's death had"awakened an anger and a widespread and incontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice, a feeling that people from black and minority ethnic groups do face discrimination: in education, in employment, in the application of the criminal law".
"We who lead and who govern simply can't ignore those feelings because in too many cases, I am afraid, they will be founded on a cold reality."While he said he believed the UK was a much less racist society than it was 40 years ago, the PM said much more needed to be done to ensure everyone was treated equally under the law.
And he said he could not condone those who"hijacked" peaceful protests by breaking the law or desecrating public monuments, saying they damaged the legitimate cause that people were fighting for.
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