Swift Justice Has Quelled UK Unrest, Says Prime Minister

Published on August 9, 2024

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer credited “swift justice,” including sentencing, with quelling the unrest that has plagued the UK for the past 10 days, on Friday. At least a dozen people were jailed on Thursday for their roles in the rioting, with more expected to be sent to prison on Friday, including some sentences being handed down live on television—a very unusual move in Britain where camera’s are normally banned from courtrooms. The unrest was sparked by a mass stabbing at a children’s Taylor Swift themed dance class in the Merseyside town of Southport in which three young girls were killed on July 30....

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