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Lee Anderson has focused a former Conservative MP over feedback she made after Labour swept to victory within the General Election. Anna Soubrya former MP who left the Tories in 2019 over Brexit, tweeted two days after Britons went to the polls: “Is it just me but suddenly everything feels… normal?

“No extra psycho dramas and scandals. Like the grown ups are again in Govt & folks can get on with their lives watching politics out [of] the nook of their eyes. Safe”.

Mr Anderson, one of Reform UK’s five MPs, shared the tweet on Sunday (August 4), under the comment: “Another one which has aged nicely one month on. Proper grown ups”.

His criticism came as far right thugs ran amok in towns and cities across the country sparked by false claims spread online.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, from Lancashire, has been charged with murder and attempted murder of three girls who were stabbed during a dance workshop. A trial date has been set for January 20.

Among the scenes of widespread and continued disorder on Sunday, anti-immigration rioters smashed the windows of a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham before starting fires.

Masked men hurled wood, chairs and bottles with some spraying fire extinguishers at police officers amid a 700-strong crowd. At least 10 officers were injured, with one knocked unconscious, according to South Yorkshire Police.

Mr Anderson’s tweet came after Ms Soubry accused Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, of “fanning the flames” of the rioting. In a tweet she posted on Saturday (August 3), the former politician said: “Parliament was recalled in 2011 in response to riots; Farage stated ‘troops’ must be known as in to revive order.

“13 years on he’s singing a different tune but then he’s been fanning the flames. Parliament should be recalled and #Farage & his motley crew should be held to account”.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has rejected requires Parliament to be recalled, regardless of MPs from throughout the political spectrum having demanded Parliamentarians return from their summer season vacation.

Former residence secretary Dame Priti Patel, Labour MPs together with Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler, and Mr Farage have all known as for the Commons to chop brief the recess after the nation endured one other night time of violence on Sunday.

Addressing requires a Commons return after an emergency Cobra assembly held to take care of the riots, Sir Keir stated: “My focus is on ensuring we have got the right people carrying out their duties to ensure that our streets are safe.

“For the general public, that’s the first responsibility of Government and that’s the place my absolute focus is.”

Mr Farage said the country needs to have “a extra trustworthy debate” about immigration, integration and policing to “give folks the boldness that there are political options which can be related to them”.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman did not rule out recalling Parliament, but said the Government’s focus was “to make sure communities are saved protected, to make sure individuals who have participated on this violent dysfunction face the total power of the legislation”.

Parliament has solely been recalled from recess six instances previously decade – as soon as in 2016 to pay tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox after her homicide by a far-right terrorist; on three events in 2020 and 2021 to debate points associated to the pandemic; once more in April 2021 to pay tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh after his demise, and most not too long ago in August 2021 after the autumn of Kabul.

Ms Soubry has been approached for remark about Mr Anderson’s tweet.