Tottenham / Riots UK
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Damn it or fear it, the forbidden truth is an insurrection in Britain
On a warm spring day, strolling in south London, I heard demanding voices behind me. A police van disgorged a posse of six or more, who waved me aside. They surrounded a young black man who, like me, was ambling along.
"These riots were not about poverty," England's Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday. But thanks to publicly available data, free services like Google Maps and Web collaboration, statements like that are now more fact-checkable than ever.
UK Riots & Poverty Put on a Google Map
The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom – Telegraph Blogs
Tottenham ablaze: the riots began early on Sunday (Photo: AP)
It is like a scene from some crazy horror film, young people are taking over the streets in numbers looting, rampaging and destroying London. The police are out numbered, standing around protecting shopping centres whilst the kids continue to do exactly what they want. The biggest question is why?
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London Riots
16,000 police to take to streets as Parliament is recalled - Crime, UK - The Independent
Prime Minister David Cameron flew back from his holiday early to join police chiefs in warning rioters they would face the full weight of the law. He chaired a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee today, with another due to take place at 9am tomorrow.Downing Street has rejected Boris Johnson 's call for the government to abandon plans for substantial police cuts after four nights of rioting across England. In a statement, No 10 said the cuts were "manageable". The statement came after Johnson urged the government to scrap plans for cutting police budgets – not just in London but across the country – in what may become one of the most significant policy differences between the Conservative London mayor and his party leader, David Cameron .
No 10 rejects Boris Johnson call for police cuts to be scrapped | UK news | guardian.co.uk
In London many of the accused are thought to have been remanded on bail with curfews.
UK riots: London violence spreads to cities across England | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Magasins attaqués et pillés, affrontements entre jeunes et police, voitures brûlées : la ville de Manchester, dans le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre, a connu mardi soir des heures d’émeutes. A Brmingham, trois hommes ont été écrasés par une voiture.
Émeutes. Du répit pour Londres, Manchester et Birmingham s'embrasent - Conflits - ouest-france.fr
Media coverage of the unrest that has been taking place in London over the last few days has focused on a minority of individuals, rather than the root causes of the problem.
London riots: looking beyond the looting | Richard Sudan | Independent Editor's choice Blogs
Is it time to send in the Army? Or will water cannon be enough? – Telegraph Blogs
Is it time to send in the water cannons? (Photo: Getty)