Former Met detective Peter Bleksley has launched a scathing attack on the Southport riot report, dismissing it as "grade A blah, blah, blah" during an appearance on GB News.
The ex-police officer branded the Home Affairs Committee's findings "utterly unnecessary" and "a total waste" of money.
His criticism comes as MPs published their conclusions about the police response to last summer's riots following the Southport stabbings.
Bleksley claimed the report, released yesterday, simply repeats findings from His Majesty's Inspectorate report published months earlier.
Peter Bleksley hit out at the report that says two-tier justice claims are untrue
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He argued the committee had "completely missed the point" about public concerns regarding two-tier policing.
"In doing so, they completely miss the point," Bleksley told GB News, explaining his view on the report's conclusion about two-tier policing.
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A photo from the summer riots in SouthportPAHe argued that public grievances predated the Southport tragedy: "In the run-up to those dreadful, horrific events in Southport, many people were aggrieved about a lack of police action at pro-Palestinian marches."
Bleksley specifically highlighted concerns about "genocidal chants", "unacceptable placards, language and behaviour" at these demonstrations.
"Many people were expressing their views on social media and on the street saying, 'why aren't the police acting to deal with this?'" he added.
The Home Affairs Committee report, published on Monday, concluded there was "no evidence" to support claims of two-tier policing in the handling of last summer's riots.
Peter Bleksley joined Eamonn Holmes and Miriam Cates on GB News
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MPs stated that rioters "were not policed more strongly because of their supposed political views but because they were throwing missiles, assaulting police officers and committing arson."
The disorder erupted following the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July.
A total of 246 protests and incidents occurred in the aftermath, with 88 deemed "significant" by authorities.
As of January, police had made 1,804 arrests and issued 1,072 charges related to the riots.
Bleksley acknowledged that the riots required robust policing but insisted the report had "completely missed the point" about earlier concerns.
"Then of course, we have a completely different set of circumstances in that we've got rioting and that must be dealt with clearly," he said.
"It has to be dealt with robustly."
The committee's report praised the "bravery and professionalism" of officers, noting that 302 were injured during the unrest.
Dame Karen Bradley, chairwoman of the committee, said "lessons must be learned" from the response.
But for Bleksley, the conclusion that "there is no such thing as two-tier policing" fundamentally misunderstood public grievances about inconsistent policing approaches.
