The PM faced shouts from the gathered crowd about 'how many more children are going to die over violence'
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was berated by some in a crowd as he visited Southport today to lay a wreath after three young girls were stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club. The PM's visit came as they were named as six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, aged nine.
READ MORE: Southport stabbing LIVE updates as third child dies and police issue update on horror attack He laid down his wreath and stood momentarily in silence, but more than one person shouted: "How many more Starmer? When are you going to do something?" "It's been quite tense here, there's a lot of anger in the community over what's happened," said Manchester Evening News reporter Imogen Clyde-Smith at the scene. "Emotions are running high here."
“They, of course, say that they will respond, they’re professionals, to anything, but there’s no pretending that what they had to respond to yesterday was ordinary.
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