{"id":808368,"date":"2026-10-20T07:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808368\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:14:15","slug":"france-riots-britain-braced-for-mass-protests-as-reckless-activists-exploit-tensions-throughout-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808368\/","title":{"rendered":"France riots: Britain braced for mass protests as &#8216;reckless&#8217; activists exploit tensions throughout Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I sincerely hope not, especially because a police source told me this weekend, &#8216;we couldn&#8217;t cope&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His comments come after Nigel Farage expressed fears over disorder igniting across the British Isles.<\/p>\n<p>The Reform UK leader said: &#8220;If we don\u2019t wake up, the carnage in France is our future. We need to return to law, order, and borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told the Daily Express: &#8220;The scenes of violence and looting we have seen in France and across Europe are deeply shocking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Conservative Party supports the right to free speech and peaceful protest. However, any attempt by extreme left-wing groups to replicate this chaos in Britain should be met with the full force of the law. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They cannot be allowed to unleash anarchy, riots and chaos here.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;I sincerely hope not, especially because a police source told me this weekend, &#8216;we couldn&#8217;t cope&#8217;.&#8221; His comments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-808368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}