What's the Northern Irish reaction to the rioting in England?

GlynD

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Totally

Me and a few mates were on our way from the Lisburn Blues Supporters Club to the camp when we saw them breaking in, we chased them and took the stuff off them and robustly informed them of the error of their ways. That was the only looting I have seen or heard of other than in a song by the Wolfetones.

The shopowner got his gear back so that's the main thing other than his window was smashed

The Blues Club? In the old Portokabin?

Ahhh - those were the days.

x12yhp

I am very quick to respond to criticism of NI and the 'troubles' we can have. Many people see it on the news and instantly put us down as a third world country, violent and dangerous, and a very risky place to invest money. I have argued that we have our troubles, yes. However, they are fairly predictable based on time of year and can be well controlled by our (excellent) police force. We do not have the big gang issues seen in the likes of London where violence can come at any time, can happen in many areas and has been proven to involve large collateral damage (notably children being shot). These things are (apparently) not worth of consideration and not on the same scale of problem in NI. The events of the last few days have shown that they are wrong. More than that, London is showing itself to have a much greater potential for trouble. It has taken one even bring out hundreds (thousands?) of people who have no relation. They have had a sniff of the rioting and looting and they come out in larger and larger numbers having seen that the police are not having much luck stopping them. That final point is important too because the London forces are simply not trained or equipped to deal with trouble of this nature. You don't see rioting on the main streets of Belfast... the police are able to stop them and the rioters know it.

So at the end, as sad as this is, this strikes me as a kick in the back side which might knock some complacent idiots off their high horses!

fadetogrey

Leothecat wrote: »

Hmmm...true! How come they can do that here and not there? Wierd....:A

Because the ranking officer (think it would need to be a chief constable cause of the political implications) would have to resign 24 hours after he gave the order.The british government would never want to allow water cannon or plastic bullets used on the mainland.

GlynD

fadetogrey wrote: »

Because the ranking officer (think it would need to be a chief constable cause of the political implications) would have to resign 24 hours after he gave the order.The british government would never want to allow water cannon or plastic bullets used on the mainland.

They've set the scene for using water cannon. Permission has been given by the PM.

fadetogrey

GlynD wrote: »

They've set the scene for using water cannon. Permission has been given by the PM.

appreciate that glynD but I bet with the police bosses now its a case of "you use it first" no "you use it first" "no you":cool:

GlynD

fadetogrey wrote: »

appreciate that glynD but I bet with the police bosses now its a case of "you use it first" no "you use it first" "no you":cool:

Instead of prejudging the issue let's wait and see what happens eh?

Bigcammy

24 hours notice before the water cannon can be used? I can see it now: -

"Excuse me chaps, if you don't stop rioting and looting we'll have to come back tomorrow night with some cold water for you, so move along please"

Beggars belief

NAR

cathy2702
You need to amend your signature, thanks button is on the left hand side - all your posts are being reported as spam!! :rotfl::rotfl:

wifeforlife

NAR wrote: »

cathy2702
You need to amend your signature, thanks button is on the left hand side - all your posts are being reported as spam!! :rotfl::rotfl:

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Signature made back in the days when Mse forums was just about moneysaving and a simple thanks was all that was needed

fadetogrey

cathy2702 wrote: »

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Signature made back in the days when Mse forums was just about moneysaving and a simple thanks was all that was needed

During the war.........................:D