A fresh outburst of violent disorder broke out in several English towns and cities on Sunday, further escalating the most widespread far-right violence in the UK for years.
The unrest is the first big test for the Labour government, which took office last month after 14 years in opposition. It has been fuelled by a torrent of Islamophobic and anti-immigrant disinformation spread on social media since a mass stabbing in Southport near Liverpool last week.
Far-right influencers falsely blamed the attack, in which three young girls were killed and eight other children injured, on a Muslim and used the incident to whip up anti-immigrant sentiment.