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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: August 07, 2011, 09:41:10 AM »
Looks nasty, yeah. What is it with all this eighties revivalism going on right now?

Quote from: KEmperor on August 07, 2011, 09:30:03 AM
I thought the British police didn't carry guns?

Normal officers don't, but there are armed units.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2011, 10:44:00 AM »


Quite a picture. They'll probably have to knock the building down.

Anyways, serious questions need to be asked about the policing. Multiple questions. Serious ones at that. This sort of sh!t really ought not to happen.
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2011, 06:22:23 PM »
Quote from: Democratic Hawk on August 08, 2011, 06:20:50 PM
We've hat riots before but I don't recall anything on par with this Sad

Mostly that's because of 24 news.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2011, 08:24:23 AM »
A comment over at Crooked Timber gets it about right, I think:

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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2011, 08:25:47 AM »
Cheesy

http://twitpic.com/63bivk
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2011, 10:19:38 AM »
« Edited: August 09, 2011, 10:31:11 AM by Sibboleth »
BBC has a video of the Mayor being heckled in Clapham here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14464139
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Edit: the main complaint - basically - is 'where the f*** were you all last night?'
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2011, 10:26:34 AM »
Quote from: Lief on August 09, 2011, 10:22:10 AM
Do we have any posters that live in London?

A couple. Silent Hunter is the only long-term regular one; lives near Romford out in the 'burbs, so out of harms way (hopefully).
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2011, 06:00:29 PM »
Could the Americans posting on this thread please kindly refrain from providing evidence to bolster unfortunate and deeply regrettable national stereotypes.
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« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2011, 06:03:36 PM »
Anyways, questions also need to be asked about the media coverage of all of this, especially the 24 news channels. They've made things a lot worse, I think.
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« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2011, 07:20:30 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on August 09, 2011, 07:06:14 PM
Quote from: Refudiate on August 09, 2011, 06:47:18 PM
McDonald's and the Town Centre about a 5 minute drive away from me got smashed up about an hour ago. In the next road to one of my friends.

London or one of the outlying areas.

Neither, he lives on the Wirral.
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2011, 01:01:53 PM »
Really, really wet out here today. Get the feeling that the police would kill for the weather system to have moved just a little bit further east...
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2011, 08:14:13 AM »
Torrential rain saves the day.
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2011, 11:08:17 AM »
Shut up Naso.
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2011, 03:18:27 PM »
I don't disagree, but all of the credible alternatives ended up backing him for various reasons. Lammy would have been good.
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« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2011, 08:25:44 AM »
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/08/the-10-most-stupid-things-said-about-the-uk-riots/
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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2011, 10:32:22 AM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14510329

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« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2011, 10:41:33 AM »
Piece on Sunday paper circulations:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/12/sunday-tabloids-news-of-the-world-abc
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