Riots across a number of towns and cities have erupted across the UK
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GB News host Andrew Pierce has blasted rioters across the UK as "bored young men" and claimed that a lot of protesters are just showing "toxic masculinity."
Riots across a number of towns and cities in the UK have erupted following the deaths of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event in Southport.
Fears of further anti-immigration violence had been raised after messages calling for protests at visa centres and legal clinics began circulating on social media - with police sources admitting the "outlook is bad".
Speaking on GB News, Andrew Pierce said: "A lot of this is just toxic masculinity. Bored young men, some of them are.
"Some of these kids are just eleven years old, they are teenagers. They're just bored young men.
"They're not politically motivated, they're just joining in the unrest for a hoot. Whether it's vandalising or chanting racist slogans, it's just toxic masculinity."
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Former Labour MP Khalid Mahmood agreed, adding: "In one of the Rotherham riots a boy was picking up a brick, which he could hardly hold up, and throwing it at the police.
"I think what we need to do is calm this situation down by making sure people do not turn up.
"If you're a community leader of any sort your first reaction should be to tell people please do not go out there, please do not get involved in this because once you're there, something will happen.
"It's been said that legal action will be taken against you and you'll be dealt with severely."
Sir Keir Starmer, who has branded violent demonstrators "far-right thugs", warned would-be rioters that officers will be taking "all necessary action" to combat the threats - with more than 2,000 of those mobilised overnight earmarked for quick deployment to support regional and local forces.
Police have vowed to be prepared for the co-ordinated protests - despite their comments about the "outlook", senior sources have insisted they are "ready to respond" to the impending threats, with riot vans packed with specialist officers set to line the country's motorways for rapid responses.
The exhaustive list of targets across the country has named immigration centres from the south coast to the north east - but authorities have warned against protesting at certain locations after it emerged one was home to a vulnerable elderly person and had "no links whatsoever to any immigration business".
After the list came to light, Nottinghamshire Police swiftly issued an advisory notice to potential protesters, which told would-be rioters to "refrain from doing so as this is an elderly person's home address".
The mass police rollout followed another Cobra meeting between the PM and police chiefs yesterday - after which Starmer again threatened rioters would "feel the full force of the law".
The first three rioters were jailed this afternoon, and the Crown Prosecution said it should "serve as a warning to all those who carry out criminality on our streets."
