The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that he does not think England is a racist country following the far-right riots last month.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Appearing on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Starmer said: ‘I don’t think we’re a racist country, I think we’re a country of decent people,’ he said, adding that the people who came out afterwards to clear up and rebuild were ‘the real face of Britain’.
Mr Starmer added: ‘Incredible people came out with their trowels, with their brooms, they cleaned up, they rebuilt. They’re the real face of Britain, and that’s the Britain that I think is essential to reuniting and bringing this country back together.’ However, the Prime Minister said he is worried about the rise of the far-right, both in this country and across other parts of Europe. I am worried about the rise of the far right.
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