'Deep, deep problems': Chris O'Keefe reacts to UK far right protests 04:00

And the stuff happening in the United Kingdom at the moment, it's really, really concerning. Bedlam, to be honest. So there are protests, if you missed it, happening all around the UK after that shocking stabbing, unspeakable stabbing incident of those three little girls in Southport last week. Now, far-right protesters are going across the country, and listen to some of these statistics.

And they're being met by counter-protests now too, and this is half the problem. The police, they don't look like they're in control at all. So since last Monday, more than 150 arrests have been made. At least 11 police officers have been injured. One was left unconscious. In Rotterdam, anti-immigration protesters threw planks of wood and sprayed the police with fire extinguishers.

And members of that group smashing windows, looting some of the British shops. Bins were set alight in Middlesbrough. Protesters were smashing windows of houses, random people's houses. Cars hurling objects at police officers. Now, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he's only been in the job, what, three or four weeks. And he's already had to schedule an emergency meeting at Downing Street. And he addressed the nation today and he called the protests far-right thuggery.

I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery we've seen this weekend. Be in no doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law. The police will be making arrests, individuals will be held on remand, charges will follow and convictions will follow. I guarantee

You will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online and then running away themselves. This is not protest. It is organised violent thuggery. And it has no place on our streets or online. We've seen Muslim communities targeted, attacks on mosques, other minority communities singled out,

Nazi salutes in the street, attacks on the police, wanton violence alongside racist rhetoric. So no, I won't shy away from calling it what it is. Far-right thuggery. Many of these groups, they're very ordinary human beings, how they're carrying on. And Keir Starmer's right in a sense. But the problem's broader than this for the United Kingdom and the UK government, unfortunately. Because...

This anti-immigration rhetoric has not just come from nowhere. It's come because of lots of immigration, much of it unchecked, a tough old economic situation in the UK, and lots of extreme and deep disillusionment with institutions.

So what do you think is going to happen? Now, if you think it's all just, you can blame the, how they're acting is a disgrace, right? It's a disgrace. You can't be throwing planks of wood at police officers and looting people's shops. Disgrace. Targeting minorities just because they're Muslim or Pakistani or whatever it may be. However, the UK really needs some time to take a look at itself and

and figure out what it wants to be because there are deep, deep problems in that society. And unfortunately, it's not all one way. It's of governments' makings and it's of governments over generations' making. And it feels like they're at a bit of an inflection point at the moment. 131873.