The blame for the rioting is on the rioters, and them alone.

If they are stupid enough to believe the nonsense that rabble rousers like Farage and Yaxley-Lennon spout and turn that in to violent action, that's on them and I hope they do face the full force of the law, like the 2011 rioters.

The mainstream political class also need to look at themselves as well. These scrots carrying out violent acts feel like they need to turn to the fringes, rather than the middle ground. Why is that?

Westminster as a blob is so far removed from local communities. My local MP is genuinely only ever seen in the 'sink' estates when there is an election. Politicians don't "look" like the communities they represent. They are mostly university educated and most have never lived on a council estate and/or been dropped in by Political Party HQ (see somebody like Tornston Bell, Labour MP in Swansea West, who I'm sure is a bright chap). I know it sounds like a cheap thing to say, but it's true.

If politicians have lost the ideological battle with the likes of the troublemakers to Lennon etc, that's on them. Have better, more compelling arguments that are easy to understand, because as misguided and racist as they are, that's what Farage and Robinson have.