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How can we stop the riots?

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After widespread unrest took over the country after the tragic stabbings in Southport last week, Alain Tolhurst looks at what is behind the current riots, how to stop them from happening again, and what can be done to put communities divided by extremism and racism back together again. Joining him
Chris Webb, Labour MP for Blackpool South, one of the areas marred by violence, Sunder Katwala, director of think tank British Future, Prof Matthew Feldman, a specialist on right-wing extremism at the University of York, and Claudia Wallner, research fellow and associate in RUSI’s Terrorism and Conflict research group.

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Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot