Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account

The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction

Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged

If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?

Our authorities must operate without fear or favour again

Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots

Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings

The British state must be impartial in the face of different outbreaks of criminality

Sectarianism, crackdowns and ethnic tension are becoming the new normal in the UK

The riots should not be an excuse for a broader assault on civil liberties