General discussion for (Tottenham) riots

Kennyboy66

lostinrates wrote: »

I think all your points are fair, but its not the cost of the phone that throws me, its the cost and a commitment of a contract. Can you use blackberried PAYG? I have no idea!

And I think this feeds back to the point of poverty of ambition and other issues to do with pride, self providence etc.


edit: since read your later posts with which I concurr. Should read all thread before posting, apologies.

yes - and BBM costs around £5 a month.

Its the phone of choice for all secondary school kids (at least in Liverpool). They use BBM as sort of instant chat. Had to put up with 9 months moaning from son about getting one (he eventually saved up himself).

jojo1964

Latest area of social deprivation to get hit.... Oxford

A 26-year-old man has been arrested after trouble flared at McDonalds in Risinghurst last night.
He is today being questioned by officers as part of an arson investigation at the fast food outlet.
Officers were also called to a car fire in Barton Road, Barton, at 12.50am this morning after a black VW Polo was set alight.
Deputy Chief Constable Francis Habgood, said: “There have been a lot of rumours circulating on social networking sites about ‘riots’, some of which are untrue or greatly exaggerated. "However, there has been some disorder across the force area.
“These are copy cat incidents of those that have been happening in London, although involving far fewer people.

edinburgher

Latest area of social deprivation to get hit.... Oxford

The BBC website also mentioned Bromley high street - which surprised me as I always found it to be a thoroughly boring and peaceful part of the SE (apart from the odd drunken scrap at the weekend).

lostinrates

Oxford has always had potential IMO....there is sometimes a palpable distates between some trumped up students and the ''townies'' (I found that odd, when I heard it in Oxford, as it meant something quite different to me). And, for the ''relative deprivation'' argument I can sort of get it there. I do not know if Cambridge has the same feeling?

StevieJ

quantic wrote: »

I hate that people will probably think that this was caused by the tories and not by the last decade of labour. Bit like blaming the chemo for your hair falling out instead of the cancer.

You mean like 1981

Sir_Humphrey

jojo1964 wrote: »

Latest area of social deprivation to get hit.... Oxford

Actually, there were riots in Oxford back in the 1980s. Bits of Cowley and Blackbird Leys are pretty rough.

jojo1964

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

Actually, there were riots in Oxford back in the 1980s. Bits of Cowley and Blackbird Leys are pretty rough.

Nowhere that you couldnt walk through in relative safety though.

StevieJ

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

Actually, there were riots in Oxford back in the 1980s. Bits of Cowley and Blackbird Leys are pretty rough.

Perhaps Cameron should be back in his constituency reassuring his constituents, he should bring some police with him

jojo1964

StevieJ wrote: »

Perhaps Cameron should be back in his constituency reassuring his constituents, he should bring some police with him

No fear of similar trouble in Witney, different population mix.

grimsalve

jojo1964 wrote: »

Nowhere that you couldnt walk through in relative safety though.

I used to live on Cowley Road in the mid/late-80s and I saw a lot of trouble.