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General discussion for (Tottenham) riots
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BBC News state the police are now being critisised for being too heavy handed now
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Interesting article by Andrew Gilligan who was mugged during riots:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8692429/London-riots-Bleeding-I-called-999.-A-tired-man-told-me-to-go-home.htmlPlease stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Graham_Devon wrote: »Really glad to see that councils are looking to evict these criminals.
Though it begs the question, where are they going to live? They will have to be housed somewhere.
Also, theres an epetition running, with over 100,000 signatures for those involved to lose their benefits. The demand to sign has taken the site down.
The threat of eviction for poor behaviour was a feature of council house contracts many years ago. I do think though that people should be warned they may be evicted if they cause crime first. Ie introduce now and use in future if necessary. To do so now is a bit draconian even for me.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Graham_Devon wrote: »BBC News state the police are now being critisised for being too heavy handed now
Have you seen that video? spooky, like something out of Clockwork Orange or Robocop.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Just seen this on youtube. The police had no chance...
Caution: Contains swearing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5edeXXEN00 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Just seen this on youtube. The police had no chance...
Caution: Contains swearing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5edeXXEN0
The guy who took the video I mention above seemed to be covering his !!!!.
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1455365_video-police-hit-youths-with-batons-during-manchester-riot-?rss=yes“From what I've been reading, and seeing on the news, the police seem to have been doing a very good job on the whole dealing with a very volatile and difficult situation.”'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Just seen this on youtube. The police had no chance...
Caution: Contains swearing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5edeXXEN0
Saw that the other night.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
They'll squat. Break into houses and trash them. If necessary they'll break into occupied houses. If the occupants are lucky, they'll only be forcibly evicted.Graham_Devon wrote: »Though it begs the question, where are they going to live? They will have to be housed somewhere.
Then they'll have to steal to live.Graham_Devon wrote: »Also, theres an epetition running, with over 100,000 signatures for those involved to lose their benefits. The demand to sign has taken the site down.
Always best to escalate a war you don't know how to win."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
Then they'll have to steal to live.
Always best to escalate a war you don't know how to win.
As I asked previously, howcome we differ so much from other countries in this respect? Howcome in other countries where benefits are not available for pretty much everything, they haven't got a significatn amount of the nation all going round commiting crime each day?
I think this is a poorly thought out response to questions to be honest. Theres got to be more to it than just "if we don't give them money, they will rob us....if we don't give them even more money, they will rob us anyway".
Go to some other cities like Dubai, where you see real poverty all around you. They don't steal at every opportunity (apart from off tourists who can't figure out the exchange rate...i.e., moi!)0 -
Hard to believe with all the unrest around London that Tottenham have just sold their Italian striker "Grabbatelli" to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee............;)0
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