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These riots are more than thuggery: they're the outcome of 14 years of Tory race-baiting | George Monbiot

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Conservative government encouraged racist thugs across its 14 years in power.

Overwhelmingly, but not exclusively, the groups they targeted were Muslims .

Priti Patel , now a leading contender for the party leadership, targeted Travellers , Gypsies and Roma .

As Sara Khan , the last government’s social cohesion adviser, points out, the Conservatives repeatedly glossed over the danger of far-right extremism.

Conservatives' Online Safety Act was supposed to address hate speech and provocations of violence on social media.

But it achieves distinction of simultaneously failing to prevent incitement to racial hatred, conflict and riot, and threatening peaceful free speech.

Ofcom has already proven incapable of impartial regulation when applied to television channels.

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