Tory peer slammed after blaming Southport riots on Guardian editors

Plus: Drink drive cop sacked by Merseyside Police

Hello and welcome to the 23rd edition of The Southport Lead.

When rioters threw punches, bricks and flaming objects at a mosque and looters raided, there were a wide range of factors and influences which had led to that point.

This week, a Conservative peer named the editors of The Guardian newspaper as one of two groups who caused the riots. Whatever you…