Political opponents.....! Trumpesque bull$h!t. There were hundreds looting, attacking police and innocent people, throwing objects and inciting hatred and extremism. Just like the Labour Dartford Councillor hopefully will, they have to serve time. Funny how the likes of the idiotic RW's are suddenly less interested in the Tory mantra of being 'tough on crime' and fail to acknowledge that the prison service is an utter shambles thanks to 14 years of complete and utter mis-governance..... on failing to tackle prison crisis, failing to tackle crime and failing to clamping down on extremism and racism.
Prison Reform Trust 2023 report:
" In 2016 Tory government announced £1.3bn for nine new prisons.
Nearly 10,700 prison places have been closed since 2010—many of them old and/or dilapidated. At the same time, nearly 11,000 places have been created, a net increase of just 300 prison places" [between 2010 and 2023].