UK Police Commissioner: Minister Tried to Silence Me Over Riots

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Police Commissioner Claims Minister Tried to Silence Her Over Riots and Immigration Link

 

A senior police figure has alleged that a government minister pressured her to retract a statement linking last summer’s riots to mass immigration. Donna Jones, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, says the intervention came shortly after she publicly suggested that “mass uncontrolled immigration” was among the causes of the unrest following the Southport attacks.

 

Jones said she received a call from a newly appointed minister, whose identity she chose not to reveal. According to her, the minister insisted: “You and I both know this has nothing to do with immigration,” and urged her to take down her statement. She refused, telling the minister they were wrong.

 

“Last summer I issued a statement urging the government to address the root causes of why people are protesting,” Jones said. “After I put my statement out, on the same day, a Labour government minister called me and asked me to retract my statement saying it was misleading the public and causing community tensions. I told them that they were wrong and it was absolutely why people were protesting.”

 

The commissioner warned that unless the government addresses the issue of immigration more decisively, the UK could see a deterioration in law and order. “Those are not scenes we ever want to see again,” she said. “These protests will continue to happen unless the government takes serious and tangible action to stop the flow of immigration into the UK.”

 

Jones also expressed concern over the frequency of anti-migrant demonstrations and their potential to escalate. “With more protests planned for August, and no sign of an imminent solution from the home secretary or the prime minister, I fear parts of the country risk falling into a state of lawlessness,” she said. “People continue to be concerned about the number of people arriving on our shores daily and the impact this is having on local services. Community stability is a valid concern. And those who are not concerned are rightly anxious about the unrest on their streets. This won’t stop until people’s fears are addressed.”

 

In addition to concerns over community unrest, she warned that the police are at breaking point. “Policing is stretched to the limit,” she said, noting that forces are expected to maintain public order, meet neighbourhood policing targets and cut knife crime and violence against women and girls — all at once.

 

Jones, who is also the Conservative candidate for mayor of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, made her original remarks while chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. Her comments were met with strong criticism, including from former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal, who called them “totally unacceptable” and said she appeared to be “justifying rioting and criminality that police officers are bravely having to deal with right now.”

 

In response to the backlash, Jones issued a second statement, reiterating her support for the police and condemning illegal behaviour, but she refused to withdraw her original claims. “While I do not justify any violence, there is value in understanding the views of those attending rallies who feel strongly but don’t cause disorder,” she said. “I’ve spoken to people from both sides of the spectrum and the only way to stem the tide of violent disorder is to acknowledge what is causing it.”

 

She also reported that protests had been consistently taking place in her region, including three in one weekend and a continuous weekly protest at a hotel in Portsmouth housing migrants since last summer.

 

The Home Office has been contacted for comment.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Source The Times  2025-08-06

 

 

 

 

[JonnyF]

Wow. Amazing. 

 

Not only a good British cop, but one prepared to speak the truth, one prepared to speak out against the pathetic lying Labour government.

 

If only we had more.