"In the first decade of August, Britain was plunged into crisis, with incendiary far-riot rights sending towns and cities across the country spiralling into states of emergency."

'decade of August'? Did you mean 'week'? 'Plunged into crisis'? Hardly, 'spiralling into states of emergency'? Even an English English Lit graduate can do better than that.

"Early in August, far-right riots caused trouble in some places." Try this.