London Riots

**BonnieShels** · 09/08/2011, 11:21 AM

Saw that picture of that goon posing with his stash on Twitter last night. Idiot.

**SwanVsDalton** · 09/08/2011, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

Slaughtered for this he was and it turned out he was barely a decade out.

It's only accurate if the title 'Rivers Of Blood' is replaced by 'Lakes Of Swiped Electronics And Trainers'.

**tricky_colour** · 09/08/2011, 4:05 PM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

I'm in Nottingham, a long way from London But I am still pretty worried, probably unnecessarily, Just fetched an axe from the garage 'just in case'.
You just don't know when it will end, I thought it would be over last night but it is worse than ever.
There has been trouble in Birmingham, I'd like to think Nottingham will not be affected, but who knows, there is no precedent for this stuff.

Just an update, seems there was some trouble in Nottingham, including a police station being attacked.
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Ri...ail/story.html

Riots spread to Nottingham as police station firebombed

**SkStu** · 09/08/2011, 4:40 PM

its kicking off in Brighton now. Fcking Animals.

**SkStu** · 09/08/2011, 4:44 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

Meanwhile on a lighter note:

opportunistic viral marketing campaign?

**BonnieShels** · 09/08/2011, 6:14 PM

Carlsberg don't do riots...

**geysir** · 09/08/2011, 6:54 PM

England's Burning

**culloty82** · 09/08/2011, 7:08 PM

Starting in Salford and Manchester city centre now - for reasons unknown, Miss Selfridge has become the target of choice tonight.

**Pauro 76** · 09/08/2011, 8:03 PM

Eerily calm in West London so far. I hope it stays like this. The police presence is keeping people away from my nearest town and grateful for that.

**SkStu** · 09/08/2011, 8:09 PM

just something i thought worth mentioning. Since im home at the moment ive been watching a lot of CNN and other north american news stations. Their coverage of the London riots has been so muted its incredible. Usually they are all over stories of rioting/revolt a la Syria, Libya Egypt, Greece... but for London it has been near silent.

Now, i know that the headline in the States at the moment is the credit rating downgrade but London is not even second or third story, it got a 3 minute segment this morning. Would it be beyond the realms of possibility that the States are frightened to give this too much coverage perhaps fearing that it might cause a similar rising up in areas of America? I could be way off, just a thought - im confined to home at the moment so my imagination may be getting the best of me!!!

**Spudulika** · 09/08/2011, 8:43 PM

You might not be wrong, the US has had its fair share of race riots, I was listening to a podcast about Rodney King and his troubles. It could kick off very easily in the US, and if it keeps going in England....

**Pauro 76** · 09/08/2011, 8:57 PM

Some great positive stories emerging from Twitter.

Sikh locals out in force in Southall protecting the neighbourhood.

http://yfrog.com/h62ncccj

Vigilantes in Croydon and Enfield, the Turkish store owners in Dalston protecting their property... Millwall fans chanting 'No-One Loots Us' in Eltham, great spirit.

**dancinpants** · 09/08/2011, 9:23 PM

Originally Posted by Spudulika

You might not be wrong, the US has had its fair share of race riots, I was listening to a podcast about Rodney King and his troubles. It could kick off very easily in the US, and if it keeps going in England....

You're assuming that Americans give a sh!t about whats happening in the rest of the world...I can assure you that they don't. The average American probably isn't even aware there is rioting in London.

**thischarmingman** · 09/08/2011, 9:35 PM

Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Some great positive stories emerging from Twitter.

Sikh locals out in force in Southall protecting the neighbourhood.

http://yfrog.com/h62ncccj

Vigilantes in Croydon and Enfield, the Turkish store owners in Dalston protecting their property... Millwall fans chanting 'No-One Loots Us' in Eltham, great spirit.

Bengalis in our area protected their shops and houses from rioters last night. Would have been a lot more damage in Whitechapel last night were it not for them. Bloody foreigners, coming over here and saving our boroughs.

**SkStu** · 09/08/2011, 9:41 PM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

Bengalis in our area protected their shops and houses from rioters last night. Would have been a lot more damage in Whitechapel last night were it not for them. Bloody foreigners, coming over here and saving our boroughs.

them and their delicious food.