Today we look at who was involved in organising the riots across the UK. Adam is joined by Investigations Correspondent Daniel De Simone and Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman to chat about what the riots across the country tells us about the far right. And, what the latest government borrowing figures might mean for Rachel Reeves’ first budget as Chancellor. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Kris Jalowiecki and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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On today's episode of Newscast, we're gonna have a chat with our colleagues about what we've learned about the riots that happened in England and Northern Ireland in the wake of the Southport attacks a few weeks after they happened, and after we've had quite a few court appearances by the people involved, and then we'll kind of broaden that out to just what does that tell us about the phenomenon of the far right or the extreme right in the UK in 2024?
And because Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, is back from his holidays, it's a chance to catch up with some of today's politics as well.
So that is what you will hear on this episode of Newscast.
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Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio.
And first of all, we're going to talk about the continuing fallout from the disorder that we saw in England and in Northern Ireland in the wake of the attacks in Southport on the Taylor Swift themed dance class where three young girls lost their lives.
And the reason we can say more about who was involved and their potential motivations in that disorder is because justice process has been quite swift.
So lots of people have been going through the courts, so we've been learning more about who they are and what they did, which means we can start to join the dots and understand a bit more about this whole phenomenon.