Priti Patel criticises Nigel Farage for comparing far-right riots to BLM protests
by Jessica Elgot from World news | The Guardian on (#6PR0T)
Tory leadership candidate says Reform leader's comments are deeply misleading as she urges parliament recall
The Conservative leadership candidate Priti Patel has criticised Nigel Farage's response to the far-right riots, saying it was wrong to compare the violence to Black Lives Matter protests.
The former home secretary has also written to the prime minister and home secretary, urging them to recall parliament, drawing parallels with the 2011 riots when MPs returned for a government statement on civil disorder and to condemn the violence.
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