GB News presenter Andrew Pierce and associate editor at the Daily Mirror Kevin Maguire got into a heated debate today as they discussed the accusations of two-tier policing.

Commentators have accused the Government and the police of a "two-tier" response to the riots, alleging some groups are being more harshly punished than others.

Speaking live in Edinburgh, Andrew said: "'Two-tier Keir,' I fear for the Prime Minister may stick. We saw the we saw the head of the Metropolitan Police push a microphone out of a TV journalist's hand when he asked a legitimate question about two-tier police.

"We saw it in Birmingham, where the police ignored the pub where the landlady had to barricade people in the pub.

"It was smashed up by Muslim gangs. They were running, driving their cars at high speed.

"No police presence that day or the day after and that fans the flame of the idea of two-tier police thinkers."

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Maguire responded: "The mob, the yobs, the thugs, the violent far-right use that and claim it as an excuse to justify by their own behaviour.

"There is no two-tier policing. What happens is policing there is policing catching up with the people who riot."

Andrew shot back: "You're expecting the police to arrest people involved in the [Birmingham] attack?"

He added: "That's what happens. There is no two-tier police. And this is becoming another myth to divide Britain."

Labour have adamantly denied two-tier policing and minister Dame Diana Johnson said that the comments make her "really angry."

Almost 6,000 police officers were mobilised to deal with the suspected unrest yesterday, referred to by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as Britain's "standing army."

Of the 6,000 officers, 3,750 from the national policing reserve were expected to be deployed locally and 2,000 were on standby to be deployed regionally and nationally.

However, the violent protests did not seem to materialise and peaceful anti-racism protests took place instead.

Counter-protesters assembled in their thousands after a list of anti-immigration demonstrations suggested wider rallies yesterday.

Police were braced for violence as a posts shared online suggested unrest would continue in 39 towns and cities.

However, footage from across the country showed counter-protesters chanting “hate not welcome” and “refugees welcome here”.