General discussion for (Tottenham) riots

Generali

Harperson vs Gove

chris_m

Generali wrote: »

Harperson vs Gove

I saw that when it was broadcast, I thought Gove handled the witch very well indeed :T

vivatifosi

'48,404 businesses were affected nationally'. Crikey fc that's a scary number. Much higher than I expected. Presumably some of the affected businesses will have closed early and experienced reduced takings rather than having been directly attacked. I'd like to see the breakdown on that if they follow up on it.

There's an interesting article in today's Guardian re Gangster Chic:

"It has been a wake-up call for many brands which have spent millions developing 'gangster chic' and 'dangerwear' images." A rioter dressed head-to-toe in Adidas was pictured on the front pages of most of the country's national newspapers on Tuesday. One of the youngest offenders appeared at court this week in a full Adidas tracksuit. The brand, which is one of the major sponsors of the 2012 Olympics, took the step of condemning its customers for taking part in the riots. "Adidas condemns any antisocial or illegal activity," the company said. "Our brand has a proud sporting heritage and such behaviour goes against everything we stand for."Borkowski said brands have been aligning themselves with gang and criminal culture for decades but ramped up their association with less clean-cut figures in recent years....


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/12/uk-riots-gangster-chic-brands

vivatifosi

Reece Donovan to appear in court today charged with robbery of Malaysian student. Good.

olly300

chris_m wrote: »

I saw that when it was broadcast, I thought Gove handled the witch very well indeed :T

Bit stupid for either side to pit state/part state educated people against those whose parents could afford to pay for their private education.

iB1

Generali wrote: »

Companies that have made money off the 'I is gangsta innit' thing kinda have it coming. That includes EMI publishers, for example, of G-Unit

Reebok did a similar advert as well with 50-cent counting the number of times he'd been shot and laughing about it. If you lie down with dogs, you'll get fleas etc. etc.

Graham_Devon

Generali wrote: »

Harperson vs Gove

That's awesome.

Gove managed to get Harriet to reverse everything she said at the beginning, and she didn't even realise it!

Love how he just sat there letting her spout all the stuff about taking EMA away, student fees etc being the cause, and then bang, laid in.

Don't like the bloke normally, but he wiped the floor with her. She should know better than to try and politicise this. Even Ed Millband has shown he's above that, and thats saying something!

One person I would like to see is Ed Balls talk about it. Wheres he? He'd be worse than Harman.

As a side issue, where on earth does she get "it's mostly young people that were terrorised by these young people" from!?

STing

http://newsthump.com/2011/08/11/government-blamed-after-bored-teenager-resorts-to-picking-up-a-book/



A book, what's that? lol

STing

http://newsthump.com/2011/08/12/destroying-the-high-street-is-our-job-tesco-warn-rioters/

StevieJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

Rhys Donovan to appear in court today charged with robbery of Malaysian student. Good.

Was he the fat white one or the black one?