Nigel Farage has issued a message to Sir Keir Starmer after a series of riots broke out across Britain.
The Reform UK leader said the Prime Minister "has not got an earthly clue" how to deal with the violence which has been seen over recent days.
Riots erupted in Southport, London and Hartlepool after three children were stabbed to death on Monday.
At a Downing Street press conference on Thursday afternoon, Starmer announced a national violent disorder programme would be launched across police forces after holding a meeting with police chiefs.
Nigel Farage has issued a message to Sir Keir Starmer after a series of riots broke out across Britain
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Following riots in which bricks were hurled at police officers and a local mosque targeted, Starmer warned: "The far right are showing who they are – we have to show who we are in response to that."
The Prime Minister said the meeting was held to "pull together our response, response both to the immediate challenge which is clearly driven by far-right hatred, but also all violent disorder that flares up whatever the apparent cause or motivation".
In response, Farage posted a video message on social media, he said: "So the Prime Minister tonight, reacting to what has happened over the course of the last 48 hours, his conclusion? very simple.
"It's all the far-right, as if they're causing all of the problems. No, the far-right are a reaction to fear, to discomfort, to unease that is out there, shared by tens of millions of people.
"Let me be clear, I don't support street violence, I don't support thuggery in any way at all. But I'm worried not just about the events in Southport, but about societal decline that is happening in our country.
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"Law and order, folks, on our streets is breaking down. This Prime Minister hasn't got an earthly clue how to deal with it. We need to start getting tough.
"We need to use stop and search, regardless of the colour of the skin of anyone that gets stopped.
"We need tougher prison sentences for anybody carrying a knife. We need folks, to get real.
"Because I'll tell you what, what you've seen on the streets of Hartlepool, of London, of Southport is nothing to what will happen over the course of the next few weeks.
"Let's have proper law and order. But Mr Starmer, just to blame a few far-right thugs to say that's the root of our problems doesn't work."
At a Downing Street press conference on Thursday afternoon, Starmer announced a national violent disorder programme would be launched across police forces after holding a meeting with police chiefs
PRESS ASSOCIATIONIn his violent disorder plan, Starmer said police should clamp down on rioters using powers they have to ban football hooligans.
The Prime Minister added that he would like to see greater use of criminal behaviour orders (CBOs) in the wake of unrest in parts of England following the Southport stabbings.
It is so far unclear what immediate effect this may be able to have on quelling disorder.
