The only way for Britain to tackle rising hate crime in the country is to launch a crackdown on those who feel free to attack others for their color of skin or religion, British author and journalist Yvonne Ridley says.
“The only way in which we can address the issue is by cracking down hard on these sorts of individuals who feel emboldened to be able to let their odious views be known quite vocally,” Ridley said in an interview with the Press TV on Monday.
The analyst said the rise of far-right politics in Britain and other parts of Europe has encouraged many hate crime perpetrators to easily insult and abuse others.
“We now see that this sort of incident is happening more frequently and people are being targeted in Britain for their skin color, for their religion, it seems to coincide with the rise of the far-right in Britain as well as across Europe,” she said.
The comments came after two major hate incidents in Britain in…