GB News host caught up in migrant hotel clash says 'it's kicking off' as chaos erupts

GB News reporter Dougie Beattie slammed police over their "bad decision" as he got caught up in the anti-migrant clashes. Protestors faced off with officers as clashes broke out and some protesters reportedly attacked others with cans and sticks. The police have reportedly made multiple arrests and deployed horses to try to control the chaos, as Beattie described the scenes in Liverpool's city centre as "very, very tense".

Speaking live from the ongoing protests, Beattie told GB News: "The police have got themselves in a real muddle because they allowed Stop Racism, some of the younger people in it, to come in from the left-hand side with cans and sticks and start hitting hard on the anti-immigration protesters." Beattie slammed police for a "very bad decision" that left officers caught between opposing crowds.

He continued: "Now the police are caught between two lines. They allowed the Stand Up to Racism group to come around the back of them, and they're now trying to cut a way through the street to separate the two protests.

"This is a very bad police decision because it has ended up blocking the middle of Liverpool entirely.

"It's a very tense situation. You can see police pushing down the street, trying to move protesters.

"Clashes are breaking out, there have been around five arrests so far today, and the police are really being pushed to control the situation."

Protesters have gathered across the country as groups demonstrated against asylum seeker housing and were met by anti-racism campaigners.

Demonstrations under the Abolish Asylum System slogan were held in England, Scotland and Wales, including in Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Aberdeen, Mold, Perth, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Horley and Canary Wharf.

Counter protests were also organised by campaign group Stand Up to Racism.