Riots which have erupted across Britain have sparked several furious rows, with commentators claiming that people have been “shamed into silence” for raising concerns about the direction the country is headed.
GB News’ Michelle Dewberry was one such voice as she gave her opinion on the Southport protests which took place on Tuesday night after a vigil was held for three children killed in a stabbing attack.
The GB News presenter said that anybody who is concerned about the direction the country is headed is branded as “far-right” to “shame people into silence”.
Dewberry said: “I was sad to see the way things descended last night in #Southport much of it was unacceptable.
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“I must also say tho that I understand the fury & rage that many people feel. I feel it too.
“Concerns of decent average people have been ignored & vilified for a long time.
“There has been a constant and casual smearing of people; labels such as ‘far-right’ and ‘racist’ among others, constantly & casually used to depict anyone who is concerned about the direction of travel this country is going.
“The labels are often used in an attempt to shame people into silence.
“There are tough questions that need to be asked and tough conversations that need to be had.”
Marchers in SunderlandPAAlso commenting on the riots, former police officer Peter Bleksley wrote on X: “To be concerned about the rise of Islam in the UK, does not make you Islamophobic.
“To be concerned about uncontrolled immigration does not make you racist.
“You can be concerned about both of the above, without being, ‘far-right’.
“If you throw a brick at Police, you’re a fool.”
An overwhelming majority of 95 per cent of GB News members who voted in the poll do not think that worrying about uncontrolled immigration makes you a racist.
Meanwhile four per cent think that it does, with one per cent being unsure.