Snub the sun lounger, Keir! Nearly three-quarters of Brits think Starmer should not go on holiday next week as the country continues to reel from the riots crisis

Nearly three-quarters of Brits think Sir Keir Starmer should not go on holiday next week as the country continues to reel from far-right riots.

A YouGov poll found 71 per cent thought the Prime Minister should not take a break in the wake of the widespread street violence following the Southport stabbings.

This compared to just 14 per cent who said Sir Keir should take some time off, and the same proportion (14 per cent) who said they didn’t know.

The PM is due to chair a third emergency Cobra meeting this afternoon in response to the mayhem in towns and cities over the past 10 days.

His plans for a summer break, following a gruelling general election campaign and then being installed as Britain’s 58th premier, have been thrown into confusion by the crisis.

No10 on Monday dismissed claims Sir Keir was planning to go on holiday this week.

The PM has instead been working from Downing Street all week as he faces the first national crisis of his premiership since winning power on 5 July.

Nearly three-quarters of Brits think Sir Keir Starmer should not go on holiday next week as the country continues to reel from far-right riots

A YouGov poll found 71 per cent thought the Prime Minister should not take a break in the wake of the widespread street violence following the Southport stabbings

Police officers with dogs intervene during clashes at Guildhall Square in Plymouth on Monday

Sir Keir today visited a mosque in Solihull, West Midlands, as he vowed to not ‘let up’ on the Government’s crackdown on far-right rioters.

The PM will hold fresh Cobra talks with top ministers and senior police officers this afternoon despite further planned gatherings by yobs fizzling out last night.

Police were braced for further violence yesterday evening with more than 100 planned anti-immigration protests and around 30 more counter protests. 

Shops were boarded up in many towns and cities amid fears of fresh mayhem in the wake of the Southport stabbing attack last Monday. 

But, by 8pm, many protests did not materialise and those that did were dwarfed in size by counter-demonstrations.

An estimated 25,000 anti-racism activists turned out in force in cities across the UK.

On his visit to Solihull this morning, Sir Keir told broadcasters: ‘Now it’s important that we don’t let up here.

‘And that’s why later on today I will have another Cobra meeting with law enforcement, with senior police officers, to make sure that we reflect on last night but also plan for the coming days.’

The PM said last night was ‘much better than was expected’ after many of the planned anti-immigration protests failed to materialise.

But he added that the Government was ‘not going to give up on our efforts here’.

Sir Keir said the deployment of extra police officers and the swift sentencing of those involved in rioting had sent a ‘very powerful message’ and helped prevent further disorder.

• YouGov surveyed 4,522 adults in Great Britain.