Keir Starmer has broken his silence on the Belfast riots, using his first statement in the UK Parliament to set out where he stands on law, order and stability in Northern Ireland.

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The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable.There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for…