meeting of the UK government’s Cobra emergency committee was held after disorder in Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Blackpool and Belfast, among other locations over the weekend.
Belfast police are under attack & Plymouth its kicking off tonight
meanwhile
Police Scotland said there was no intelligence to suggest unrest would break out in Scotland
Guess they took the hint
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112891889464576871
That shite wouldna fly in 🏴
mobile force of police officers is a rare use of special emergency powers since they were first used 40 years ago, with the controversial squads drafted under the Ridley Plan to tackle the miners’ strike in 1984 and 1985.
The new mobile police force will provide extra specialist support in tackling civil unrest for the 24 police forces around the country,
Police will continue to provide updates on specifics in relation to progress on arrests and charging.