Former Rotherham MP Denis MacShane has been left livid and claimed "I would open a prison in Rwanda and send them all there" after rioters swarmed the streets at the weekend.
This UK has been grappling with social unrest after protesters set fire to hotels used to shelter asylum seekers in Rotherham at just one of the chaotic protests.
Speaking to GB News MacShane said: "I speak as a MP for Rotherham for 20 years. I know that area."
He added: "Now the police, in my view and I am talking from a lot of experience here, do not respond with massive presence early enough on.
MP Denis MacShane condemned the attacks
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"I think Boris Johnson produced crazy ideas like water cannon. Well, that just makes things far worse, when you are when you see 20-30 police in a thin blue line. Oh boy, that's the target.
"You see 200-300 who are going to circle around, arrest you and put you in front of a court fast.
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"I hope Keir Starmer is right when he says they'll live to regret it. Frankly, I would open a prison in Rwanda and send them all there."
The violence has been triggered by the stabbing of three young girls in Southport last week however, after a wave of disinformation that suggested the suspect was an immigrant was spread online, mosques and asylum hotels are being targeted.
Masked rioters launched wood and sprayed fire extinguishers at police officers outside a Holiday Inn Express housing migrants in Rotherham last night.
Footage posted to social media appeared to show demonstrators storming into the hotel, with reports of a fire inside.
Several police officers have been injured in the riots GettyCommenting on the scenes of bedlam across Britain, the Prime Minister said in a press conference yesterday: “Be in no doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law.
“The police will be making arrests. Individuals will be held on remand, charges will follow and convictions will follow.
"I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online and then running away themselves.
“This is not a protest, it is organised, violent thuggery and it has no place on our streets or online.”
Objects thrown at the hotel as trouble flares during an anti-immigration riot outside the Holiday Inn Express in RotherhamPASir Keir held crisis talks with ministers on Saturday over the unrest, with Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood telling colleagues “the whole justice system is ready to deliver convictions as quickly as possible”.
There was violence on Saturday in towns and cities such as Hull, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester, Blackpool and Belfast which saw several police officers injured.
Faith leaders across Merseyside have called on communities to “remain calm and peaceful” in the aftermath of the Southport killings, saying some people “have sought to use the tragedy to create division and hate”.
