Amidst protests being attended by tens of thousands of people in the UK in recent months, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that there is a growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule. A fact check by Kai Evans.

Dover, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a press conference after visiting a Border Force cutter boat in the Dover Strait. Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via Flickr (CC BY 2.0 Deed)

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Amidst protests being attended by tens of thousands of people in the UK in recent months, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that there is a growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule.

A fact check by Kai Evans.

Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via Flickr (CC BY 2.0 Deed)

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