The continuing protests at UK hotels housing asylum seekers no doubt risk slowly descending into a breakdown of law and order if they are left undealt with by a government that is trying its best to contain public anger and a far right that is determined to use the immigration debate to win as many votes as possible. The UK government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after only one year in office, seems to be fighting a losing battle as it seeks to stem public anger and attempts to erode its legitimacy based on the false narrative that it is failing to control the UK’s borders.