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=== Government response ===
=== Government response ===
On 31 July, Starmer responded to the "far-right" riots by using the scenes as a pretext for [[Orwellian]] curtailments of civil liberties and the establishment of a surveillance state. Of the tools being deployed to curtail rioting, Starmer specifically named "wider deployment of facial recognition technology, and preventative action: criminal behaviour orders to restrict their movement, before they can even board a train". The response was condemned by civil liberties groups including Big Brother Watch, who described the the Prime Minister's words an "alarming pledge" that "threatens rather than protects democracy".<ref name="bigbrotherbreitbart">[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/08/02/big-brother-watch-civil-liberties-group-raises-alarm-on-starmer-using-anti-stabbing-riots-pretext-to-roll-out-facial-recognition-cameras/ Big Brother Watch: Civil Liberties Group Raises Alarm on Starmer Using Anti-Stabbing Riots Pretext to Roll Out Facial Recognition Cameras]</ref>
On 31 July, Starmer responded to the "far-right" riots by using the scenes as a pretext for [[Orwellian]] curtailments of civil liberties and the establishment of a surveillance state. Of the tools being deployed to curtail rioting, Starmer specifically named "wider deployment of facial recognition technology, and preventative action: criminal behaviour orders to restrict their movement, before they can even board a train". The response was condemned by civil liberties groups including Big Brother Watch, who described the the Prime Minister's words an "alarming pledge" that "threatens rather than protects democracy".<ref name="bigbrotherbreitbart">[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/08/02/big-brother-watch-civil-liberties-group-raises-alarm-on-starmer-using-anti-stabbing-riots-pretext-to-roll-out-facial-recognition-cameras/ Big Brother Watch: Civil Liberties Group Raises Alarm on Starmer Using Anti-Stabbing Riots Pretext to Roll Out Facial Recognition Cameras]</ref>
"Two-tier" Keir Starmer's response to the unrest has been widely criticised and is unpopular in the UK. [[Nigel Farage]], the leader of [[Reform UK]] who are the UK's main populist opposition party, condemned the "far-right" violence and accused Keir Starmer of not addressing the root cause of the riots, which is immigration and knife crime.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/08/02/starmer-crackdown-treating-the-symptoms-not-the-cause-warns-farage/ Starmer Crackdown Is Treating the Symptoms, Not the Cause, Says Nigel Farage]</ref>
Jason Hayes, who bravely attempted to disarm the attacker during that stabbings in Southport, urged Keir Starmer to acknowledge immigration as the cause of the riots in the UK.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1933224/uk-riots-southport-stabbing-hero-keir-starmer-warning Southport stab hero tells Starmer to 'act now' over immigration fears that sparked riots]</ref>
Jason Hayes, who bravely attempted to disarm the attacker during that stabbings in Southport, urged Keir Starmer to acknowledge immigration as the cause of the riots in the UK.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1933224/uk-riots-southport-stabbing-hero-keir-starmer-warning Southport stab hero tells Starmer to 'act now' over immigration fears that sparked riots]</ref>