Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
get the army in and when they are caught give them a couple of year in Afghanistan and we'll see how brave they are 
anyone know if Nero Cameron is heading back off his hols.... 
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
God! Looks like they've set fire to someone's hedge. That could be very dangerous. Thick black smoke from something as well, but the smoke,s so thick you can't see what.
Seems like the smoke is from the aforementioned bus which appears to have set the adjoining building on fire.
Skirmishes reported fron West Croydon!
O000h I wondered how long it would take before West Croydon would get involved!
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
anyone know if Nero Cameron is heading back off his hols....
Big Bad Boris is..
It's kicked off in Birmingham now - there's been shops wrecked and looted in the City Centre - looking at the pictures it seems to be the jewellery shops that have been targeted 
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
anyone know if Nero Cameron is heading back off his hols....
Big Bad Boris is..
everything will be fine then Slinki 
Originally Posted by Pengy:
It's kicked off in Birmingham now - there's been shops wrecked and looted in the City Centre - looking at the pictures it seems to be the jewellery shops that have been targeted
Yeah ............it's social justice innit?
Originally Posted by Pengy:
It's kicked off in Birmingham now - there's been shops wrecked and looted in the City Centre - looking at the pictures it seems to be the jewellery shops that have been targeted
Out to make a quick buck obviously
Why is it that when something like this kicks off, the only reaction, from both sides, is extreme? Very sad.
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
anyone know if Nero Cameron is heading back off his hols....
No suggestion of that that I've heard so far.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Pengy:
It's kicked off in Birmingham now - there's been shops wrecked and looted in the City Centre - looking at the pictures it seems to be the jewellery shops that have been targeted
Yeah ............it's social justice innit?
innit though
It's moving up it looks like
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Guardian reporter Paul Lewis tells the BBC the violence in Hackney is worse than in Enfield last night: "Rioters have control of an estate here. They have set up barricades along a number of roads."
The thing is .............if they have barricaded themselves onto an estate ...........why not just leave them there?
And to think people round the world are watching this. Hell of advert for next year isn't it?
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
anyone know if Nero Cameron is heading back off his hols....
Big Bad Boris is..
everything will be fine then Slinki
Heheh
He'll be back!
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
anyone know if Nero Cameron is heading back off his hols....
No suggestion of that that I've heard so far.
Me either and personally I think it's a awful state of affairs, it's taken two days for a senior member of the cabinet to comment 
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Why is it that when something like this kicks off, the only reaction, from both sides, is extreme? Very sad.
Maybe it's because it's an extreme situation .. I think too that the media plays down any middle-ground commentary .
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Why is it that when something like this kicks off, the only reaction, from both sides, is extreme? Very sad.
TBH - I really don't think the Police have been extreme enough .............I know it's not good to inflame the situation but if someone is hacking away at a jewellers window the police should simply go in and arrest him. It really isn't about dissatisfaction etc etc. - it's the criminal minority making what they can.
Good point Soozy
Originally Posted by sprout:
And to think people round the world are watching this. Hell of advert for next year isn't it?
Awful
I really feel for the people who have lost their homes and possessions
Originally Posted by Skylark24:
Originally Posted by sprout:
And to think people round the world are watching this. Hell of advert for next year isn't it?
Awful
I really feel for the people who have lost their homes and possessions
Exactly Sky. It's bad enough that people have lost homes and businesses, but I suppose we should be thankfull that there's no loss of life (yet)
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Why is it that when something like this kicks off, the only reaction, from both sides, is extreme? Very sad.
TBH - I really don't think the Police have been extreme enough .............I know it's not good to inflame the situation but if someone is hacking away at a jewellers window the police should simply go in and arrest him. It really isn't about dissatisfaction etc etc. - it's the criminal minority making what they can.
IMO, the only extreme behaviour has been from the criminal thugs who have been looting, setting fires and attacking the police.
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
get the army in and when they are caught give them a couple of year in Afghanistan and we'll see how brave they are
They aren't worthy of the uniform.....
I feel awful for the ppl who have lost their homes and livelyhood. My point is that there must be an inherrent problem for a section of the community to react like this. I don't eccept that they are just nasty, evil ppl.
Originally Posted by sprout:
And to think people round the world are watching this. Hell of advert for next year isn't it?
I said that somewhere else too....not looking good for us, is it?
Originally Posted by MrsB:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
get the army in and when they are caught give them a couple of year in Afghanistan and we'll see how brave they are
They aren't worthy of the uniform.....
Yeah, but it'll make or break them....discipline
Originally Posted by MrsB:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
get the army in and when they are caught give them a couple of year in Afghanistan and we'll see how brave they are
They aren't worthy of the uniform.....
true Mrs B, but even if they are caught, they will be in the courts in one door and out the other
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
I feel awful for the ppl who have lost their homes and livelyhood. My point is that there must be an inherrent problem for a section of the community to react like this. I don't eccept that they are just nasty, evil ppl.
I don't think so TBH .............................a bunch of scumbags who want to make an easy buck - (the benefits they fiddle aren't enough) - this has nothing whatsoever to do with idealistic principles...............it's scumbags out to get something for nothing. IMO.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Why is it that when something like this kicks off, the only reaction, from both sides, is extreme? Very sad.
TBH - I really don't think the Police have been extreme enough .............I know it's not good to inflame the situation but if someone is hacking away at a jewellers window the police should simply go in and arrest him. It really isn't about dissatisfaction etc etc. - it's the criminal minority making what they can.
*noddingheadsmilie*
I have no smilies at all...they have all gone *sadfacesmilie*
Originally Posted by sprout:
Originally Posted by Skylark24:
Originally Posted by sprout:
And to think people round the world are watching this. Hell of advert for next year isn't it?
Awful
I really feel for the people who have lost their homes and possessions
Exactly Sky. It's bad enough that people have lost homes and businesses, but I suppose we should be thankfull that there's no loss of life (yet)
Yes indeed x
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by MrsB:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
get the army in and when they are caught give them a couple of year in Afghanistan and we'll see how brave they are
They aren't worthy of the uniform.....
true Mrs B, but even if they are caught, they will be in the courts in one door and out the other
Exactly what the reporter said.....revolving door justice
Originally Posted by sprout:
And to think people round the world are watching this. Hell of advert for next year isn't it?
Well, I was just thinking that who wants to come here now? Even though it's still a year away.
Wonder what the authorities would do if the rioters torched some of the Olympic preparations.
Originally Posted by sprout:
Exactly what the reporter said.....revolving door justice
Originally Posted by MrsB:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Why is it that when something like this kicks off, the only reaction, from both sides, is extreme? Very sad.
TBH - I really don't think the Police have been extreme enough .............I know it's not good to inflame the situation but if someone is hacking away at a jewellers window the police should simply go in and arrest him. It really isn't about dissatisfaction etc etc. - it's the criminal minority making what they can.
*noddingheadsmilie*
I have no smilies at all...they have all gone *sadfacesmilie*
Try logging off and rebooting. I think there's been tinkering today
Well my husband has come home from work In Lewisham where he is a black taxi driver. These poor little disaffected darlings dragged a woman out of her car, beat her up and robbed her before they set her car alight! Poor disaffected darlings.....if they think they have it so hard they should be rounded up and shipped off to Calcutta or somewhere of that ilk! Or better still, shot!
My husband picked up a woman that was on a bus that was attacked and she was terrified. He picked her near the police lines at the Police station and hot footed (wheeled) it out cos he was looking like a target...he'd been spotted by a gang who were all pointing at him...
Originally Posted by sprout:
Try logging off and rebooting. I think there's been tinkering today
Riots in London and tinkering on Ga Ga ......................whatever next 
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
I feel awful for the ppl who have lost their homes and livelyhood. My point is that there must be an inherrent problem for a section of the community to react like this. I don't eccept that they are just nasty, evil ppl.
They aren't very nice either, are they? Don't they have a conscience or any decency? Haven't seen any of them come forward to show any remorse....
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by sprout:
Try logging off and rebooting. I think there's been tinkering today
Riots in London and tinkering on Ga Ga ......................whatever next
LOL
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Guardian reporter Paul Lewis tells the BBC the violence in Hackney is worse than in Enfield last night: "Rioters have control of an estate here. They have set up barricades along a number of roads."
The thing is .............if they have barricaded themselves onto an estate ...........why not just leave them there?
There are probably innocent people living there who want no part in all this. By the looks of things the rioters aren't being fussy about what they destroy so those innocent people shouldn't be left to fend for themselves