Originally posted by ArMaP
The police could have been taken by surprise on the first night, but they should know how to react on the second and the third shouldn't have happened.

The mantra is a simple one. Do not organise a response until sufficient force is available.

The Police had to call in all kinds of people from all over the country, cancel leave and recall staff in order to amass.

The phrase "the thin blue line" is VERY apt here.

By night 3 they had sufficent force - had something broken out they would have hit it very hard indeed - and thats precisely why no trouble happened.

Originally posted by neformore
By night 3 they had sufficent force - had something broken out they would have hit it very hard indeed - and thats precisely why no trouble happened.

Wasn't night three the one from August 8 to August 9?

August 10 saw the hit-and-run killing of three people and the now famous attack on that Malaysian student.

As usual, when I want to have a broad picture of what is happening here, I look to the foreign newss stations because especially RT they say what the see and I have seen a con siderable amount of footage of the riots that the government's pet channels here don't show.

In England the news emphasis is on looters and criminals. Abroad though its a different perspective, one of simply too many people for too few jobs consequently creating an under class with no hope. This view I totally concur with. I notice that our government though won't acknowledge any of this reasoning and that fop Cameron with the silver spoon is demanding zero tolerance, course he is because he doesn't want any upheavel to his comfortable little world. Too many people complaining and his and his friends little world isn't so comfortable any more.

The cuts that are still coming in are huge, yet he is still mirauding around in Afganistan, Libya and he is filing extra aid to Africa. That money should have been invested here and as he is on tv today chattering about change, perhaps the greatest change needs to be done by him and his policies. I voted for Nick Clegg and I still wish he had got in, I do feel we need a change from the Con /Lab swing in politics we have suffered in this country for years.

I don't blame politicians for going on holiday that is their right to do so like any other human being. If something goes wrong in their country yes come back to try and sort it out it is logical but things happen all the time and you can not blame holidays for something not going right with the country.

By the way this is the only time I'll stick up for politicans.

To make thing worse Channel 4 last night aired a documentary about the underground homeless in New York.
Now i knew that these places exist, but until you see something like that you realise 'by the grace of God go i!'
It was nothing short of shocking! Hell on Earth is an understatement. Left down there to rot with their poor abused animals. It really was terrible. In the end i had to switch off.
The more i see things like that the more i feel such distain for this government.
The LA Police cheif on the tele the other night with a big sickly smerk on his face. Made my skin crawl!