A fiery GB News row broke out on The Saturday Five between political commentators Alex Armstrong and Benjamin Butterworth as the pair locked horns on immigration.
Benjamin Butterworth appeared baffled as Armstrong raised comments made by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in 2016, saying there would be rioting if the issue of immigration is not tackled.
It came after Butterworth argued there is “no justification” for the scenes of unrest across Britain in the past week.
“Do you disagree with Rachel Reeves then?”, Armstrong asked.
Alex Armstrong and Benjamin Butterworth clashed on immigration
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“She said in 2016 that if we don’t do anything about immigration there would be rioting on the streets, do you disagree with her?”
Butterworth hit back, branding him an “arrogant swine” before Armstrong asserted he “might not like being checkmated, but he disagrees with Rachel Reeves”.
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Darren Grimes also pressed Benjamin Butterworth on his claims
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He continued: “No one wants violence on the streets, but in the past 14 years, people have not have their voices heard.
“They have elected Conservative governments at four elections and had one historic referendum where people were promised they would have lower immigration time and time again.
“But people like Sir Keir Starmer and people on the left continue to ignore those people at their own peril.”
Riots have broken out in recent days on the streets of Britain after a crazed knife attack in Southport saw the deaths of three girls.
Violent riots erupted after the stabbing in SouthportPAThe attack proved to be a trigger point for anti-immigration sentiments across Britain with protesters focusing their ire towards hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques in some instances.
While the chaos appears to have died down, Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the police remain on “high alert”.
The Prime Minister also cancelled his family holiday in order to focus his efforts on quelling the disorder.
He told broadcasters a ramped-up police response after days of disorder and swiftly moving cases through the courts had had an impact, but his message was to stay on “high alert” to “make sure our communities are safe and secure and feel safe and secure”.
More people appeared in court on Saturday over the recent protests as anti-racism demonstrators gathered in cities including Belfast and Edinburgh.
Thousands of anti-racism protesters also gathered outside Reform UK’s headquarters in London.