I was in Kingston this afternoon and everything was closing at 4.30pm...there were police and paramedics stationed on all the roads into town and they were acting as if they were expecting trouble tonight

Oh no! My other sister's in Dorset!!!!!

Got this for Dorset.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "Safer neighbourhood teams have been monitoring community tensions and our partners and communities are telling us they are appalled by the events they have seen in the news.

"There is nothing to indicate any copycat disorder will take place in the county of Dorset."

Agree AKT...but my point was, what the heck has this got to do with smacking 

....BUT how the heck does anyone know whether these yp have been smacked or not

To be honest I don't care if they have or not. I care whether my house gets burnt to the ground or my car gets torched. Thugs running round the streets terrorising people?......my last thought is about their upbringing. To answer your question though....I was commenting on Ollys post. 

Originally Posted by Supercalifragilistic:

....BUT how the heck does anyone know whether these yp have been smacked or not

To be honest I don't care if they have or not. I care whether my house gets burnt to the ground or my car gets torched. Thugs running round the streets terrorising people?......my last thought is about their upbringing. To answer your question though....I was commenting on Ollys post. 

Think we're kinda saying the same thing in different ways Cags!

I love how southampton news is trying to make it relevant to us They are desperate for something to happen so they can report on it .

From my own experience....after you have told a little one not to do something dangerous for at least 6 times....a sharp tap on the hand the next time she tries it gets the lesson learned more than endless words....maybe, just maybe some of those morons might have benefitted from some tough love when it was needed

fred dineage would have a scooby and his combover would go mental!!!.....

I bet he wont sleep tonight incase he is called out as a roving reporter coming live from outside matalan

i agree kaytee

Surely he has come out of the closet Spongey and has cast off the three strands over the top advertising Hamlet look.  Last time I saw him he looked like an egg with hairy ears. 

Bring back Maggie Thatcher... she would have police out there kicking the crap out of people.

However, she probably would of been the cause of the riot

agreed on both points

..............i've never liked him.........liked him even less about 14 years ago when he was judging a sandcastle comp down b'mth beach.......it was a bit windy an he was soooooooo preoccupied with plastering his 3 strands to his head.....he trod on my daughters sandcastle and didn't even say sorry the git!!

Sign on subway door

Also, was funny interview with a waterstones imployee from Manchester...

"We'll stay open, if they steal some books they might actually learn something"

West Brom appears to be flaring up again!

I'm not going to get into a smacking debate AKT, (and I'm not sure if there's a difference between a 'sharp tap' and a 'skelping') as I really do think it detracts from the real issue here, which, I'm sure is complex and multi-faceted....and, we have absolutely no idea what parenting experiences these people responsible for such abhorrent behaviour have had

Bloody Hell...looting of the Oxfam shop in Manchester now! 

Well, she absolutely refuted, last time around, in the 80s, that any of of it could have anything to do with socio-economic conditions under her rule

Looks like its really about to kick off in Enfield, group of them who lost their business sounded well pissed off... said they pay taxes and police not doing their job.

They were pretty much saying "We're off out to kick the crap out of some hoodies"

They may actually be better dressed than they are sometime then - sorry 

omg!

you should see how Fox News are reporting it!

apparently...  its a financial protest..    apparently we have 1600 (not 16000) police flooding the streets, apparently sales of baseball bats on the internet are up exponentially,  and so the misinformation goes on... 

oh, & our police are too polite to use water canons & tear gas 

thing is, if the police beat the crap out of them its police brutality, personally i reckon they should be round up & dropped in the middle of the sea....

Vigilante groups ,not a good idea.I do understand their anger and frustration but not the way to go. 

They are obviously not afraid of their parents/families reactions of Disgust, Shame, Embarrassment, Disappointment..

Typical 

The police just need to put a curfew in place.10pm and if you are on the street you will be lifted.

Or put on a desolate island somewhere out of the way to get on with it 

The parents were probably the same, as far as I am concerned this is the second generation of dont give a sh*,t poor us mentality.  They dont want to work,they want everything from the state.Now if they dont get it ,they take it.

Someone said it's kicked off in Bury...they appear to be heading for the Rock after attacking the market... not sure if it's true or not  I love Bury, I lived there off and on for 4 years 

An idiot bragging about what he stole   http://twitpic.com/63g82n.

Been on the news tonight.......parents and kids in it together 

Totally agree......

Not shocked Sprout.
An apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

No, lets agree to differ.....well as far as I can see it was an undisciplined one...but let's let it lie here eh?