They claim the two aren't comparable. The one was racist violence targeting all sorts of institutions and buildings, whereas the other were 'protests' and 'free speech'.

Patel said Farage’s comments were deeply misleading and “simply not relevant right now”. She told Times Radio: “There’s a clear difference between effectively blocking streets or roads being closed to burning down libraries, hotels, food banks and attacking places of worship. What we have seen is thuggery, violence, racism.

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All manners of excuses for the fake BLM protests in the UK, whereas not a single one for the 'mostly peaceful' recent protests.