UK riots live: Far-right torch Rotherham Holiday Inn migrant hotel as Starmer warns thugs will regret violence

Sir Keir Starmer has warned far-right thugs participating in violence they would “regret” it and feel the “full force of the law” after a mob set fire to a Rotherham hotel used to house asylum seekers.

Addressing the nation following days of chaos across England, the prime minister said: “The police will be making arrests. Individuals will be held on remand, charges will follow and convictions will follow.

“I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online and then running away themselves.

“This is not a protest, it is organised, violent thuggery and it has no place on our streets or online.”

It comes as masked rioters assembled outside a Holiday Express hotel in Manvers, South Yorkshire, and clashed with police.

After thugs threw bricks and smashed windows, footage emerged of a fire raging from a bottom-floor window as hotel guests looked on from the top floor.

It comes after at least 147 people were arrested after riots rocked major cities including Manchester , Liverpool , Hull and Stoke on Saturday, leaving destruction in their wake.

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