Man who tackled Southport attacker says riots ‘do not have anything at all to do’ with stabbing

Southport hero John Hayes says riots across country ‘have nothing to do’ with knife crimeBBC

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00:00The vigil last night, which was attended by a large group.

00:04The cleanup, which we've all heard about, all the local tradesmen rallying around,

00:07helping the local mosque that was damaged, rebuilding walls, etc.

00:12Those are the positives to take out of this, and people will come to terms with it.

00:17And I think Southport probably will be quite keen to distance themselves from all the trouble

00:21that has sparked riots around the country ever since.

00:25I actually don't think that the trouble and the riots have got anything at all to do with the Southport stabbings.

00:32There appears to be a strong undercurrent of discontent for some time about the levels of immigration,

00:38and this is just a catalyst or a trigger, but I don't think it's the root cause.