I hope everyone on here comes out of this safely. I'm reading this from Sydney and can't quite believe what I'm seeing. We are expecting to return to the UK next year, hopefully to the West Country, but I'm from New Eltham originally and have lots of friends and relatives in places like Peckham and Eltham.
As another poster said, what the hell is our country going to be like when these people become adults with kids of their own? And what is happening when groups of citizens, like "the Turks" have to defend their own "areas" against these thugs?
Take care everyone, I'm just thankful my immediate family here is not in the middle of it.
I like how people have been asked not bring race into it, and yet there you are, bringing race into it.
Have some respect for the standards of this forum or post somewhere else.
I have seen plenty of white faces amongst the rioters/looters as well, sure there are plenty of black youths but this is not a predominantly racial issue.
Not seen many Muslims out and about looting though, they must be busy planning something else for next week, unless they've been looting Homebase for fertiliser
Still in a state of shock over this. Been glued to the tv all night. Anyone who would like to watch the news in 42" HD, send me a whisper, only 20 left. ;-)
IMO this steams back from the namby pamby idiots who rhave brought rules into this country over thw last 25 years where teachers, parents, police, have no authority at all. Teachers cannot express authority and get hit if they do, parents cannot smack their own children, hence kids fighting back and doing what they want, and police scared their jobs on the line if they do 'police'
An absolute shambles, it looks like a third world country and with the ratios of the population this was always going to happen. it's what they know.
Holy sh*t... just read through this after finishing a long days work here in Canada. What a nightmare, thinking of everyone in my home town.
Am back in London for a week next week, hoping things have calmed down by then.
Let's hope in the short term the police get control of all this ...... and longer term the country takes some serious strides in getting to the bottom of the problems that the scumbags are using as an excuse to wreak havoc. This has nothing to do with the shooting last week.
IMO this steams back from the namby pamby idiots who rhave brought rules into this country over thw last 25 years where teachers, parents, police, have no authority at all. Teachers cannot express authority and get hit if they do, parents cannot smack their own children, hence kids fighting back and doing what they want, and police scared their jobs on the line if they do 'police'
An absolute shambles, it looks like a third world country and with the ratios of the population this was always going to happen. it's what they know.
As someone mentioned hours back. Had to listen to gangs going up and down early hours of this am. Stood outside ours for a bit. They were all very pleased with themselves. And also saw a large group bringing lots of goodies back. Feel shocked, tired and well fed up. Like us all.
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With you here
As another poster said, what the hell is our country going to be like when these people become adults with kids of their own? And what is happening when groups of citizens, like "the Turks" have to defend their own "areas" against these thugs?
Take care everyone, I'm just thankful my immediate family here is not in the middle of it.
I have seen plenty of white faces amongst the rioters/looters as well, sure there are plenty of black youths but this is not a predominantly racial issue.
Not seen many Muslims out and about looting though, they must be busy planning something else for next week, unless they've been looting Homebase for fertiliser
Plenty of pictures in the link below, should we be celebrating that this now appears to be a genuinely multicultural riot?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023874/LONDON-RIOTS-David-Cameron-returns-home-police-face-gangs-petrol-bombs.html
Some brilliant pictures there from some very brave photographers - and some convictions will no doubt come from these images.
Bloody hell...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8630533/Riots-the-underclass-lashes-out.html
An absolute shambles, it looks like a third world country and with the ratios of the population this was always going to happen. it's what they know.
Am back in London for a week next week, hoping things have calmed down by then.
Let's hope in the short term the police get control of all this ...... and longer term the country takes some serious strides in getting to the bottom of the problems that the scumbags are using as an excuse to wreak havoc. This has nothing to do with the shooting last week.
Care to expand and explain on this last part?
What do you think it would be like with no police?
As someone mentioned hours back. Had to listen to gangs going up and down early hours of this am. Stood outside ours for a bit. They were all very pleased with themselves. And also saw a large group bringing lots of goodies back. Feel shocked, tired and well fed up. Like us all.
What a surprise, might be better if you kept your filthy and despicable views on race off of here then, eh?
You don't know my views so fuck off.
Filthy and despicable,
Mong