If you give a preordained statement at 8 in the morning, believe me, you are well aware of what you say and what might happen later in that day. Those consequences were seen on the streets of Southampton, and the ringleaders of that violence used exactly the same words as the leader of the Reform Party when they were orchestrating that violence.
Burnham criticizes Farage's comments after violence in Southampton.
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