The police also have the power to ship in support, as they do every Saturday in London, granted the London unpleasantness isn't 'spontaneous'.
Anyway, people are trying to compare two very different situations. One was a generally good natured and spontaneous letting off of steam where, although property was damaged, nobody got injured. The other is pre-planned extreme violence with the intention possibly of murder. I can see why people on the right are desperate to link them. It is the only "justification" they have. Apart from complaints of some cars getting their tyres slashed and some graffiti, which was one of the weirdest parts of Farage's video.
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