Are Britain’s rioters representative of views on immigration?

Certainly, the worst rioting has been in deprived towns and cities like Hartlepool, Hull, Liverpool, Middlesbrough and Rotherham. Although it is too early to know who the rioters are, one of the first to be convicted was Joshua Simpson, a 25-year-old self-employed builder who is homeless. Lee Anderson, an mp for the anti-immigration Reform uk party, describes the rioters as “British working-class lads” who have had one too many drinks.