riot in new cross a bit of a non starter. went for a bit of a gawk, just some random looters and hipsters w/ slrs all milling about hoping for a bit of drama.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
they're not really 'doing' anything 'to' the 'fucking feds' are they
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
really hate englishers using "Feds". we have our own nicknames for police. you don't have to steal slang from rap records, the beatles were doing it decades before.
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure all those police officers living on the Pembury Estate will be gutted at it being trashed.
― Neil S, Monday, 8 August 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
iirc "feds" means "people who live above shops" #slang
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
omfg EXPLANATION IS NOT JUSTIFICATION, everyone on the news
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:47 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
truthbomb
― sbgorf (stevie), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
this is pretty fucked up. how is it that the met knew hackney was going to erupt all day and still arent prepared for it? what a sham. unless theyre just not bothered. maybe if it was primrose hill theyd make more effort.
"really hate englishers using "Feds"."
but the kids using feds dont wanna be using the same slang as old geezers from the 60s
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
think the dudes setting fire to shit aren't really bothered by what you think
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 August 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
'oh no, i'm clocking up mad overtime, what a personal disaster' - the feds
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
i was pretty shocked actually that that huge building that got burnt out in tottenham was just a residential block. lots of families inside when they started the fire :|
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
xxxp looking down their noses at us from their lofty perches above the fried chicken shop.
― Neil S, Monday, 8 August 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
then make up yr own slang for a new day. americanos being using 'feds' for decades too.
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
I don't like Englishers using "hipsters"
― Patrice Leclerc Delacroix Poussin (admrl), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
"if croydon wasn't on the map, it is now" - <3 u sky
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
to most ppl here though they wont know what on earth feds means cos the majority of britishers dont listen to hip hop so its still kinda 'code' unless youre in the know
media reporting on tv seems to be pathetic and smug so far - no real thought on journalists part into what this might all mean - will see what paxman is saying
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol dg
― nakhchivan, Monday, 8 August 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think 'feds' is that recondite, really.....
― nakhchivan, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
media reporting on tv seems to be pathetic and smug so far - no real thought on journalists part into what this might all mean - will see what paxman is saying― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, August 8, 2011 8:58 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, August 8, 2011 8:58 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark
yeah... he'll know the score.
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I don't feel like reading this whole thread, could someone direct me to a good article that breaks down the situation (how this started, etc.)?
― homophobic music by braindead primates (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
Cameron's not coming home. Even Gordon Brown knew you had to cut short yr holiday in a crisis, and he had negative emotional intelligence.
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol i didnt say paxman would be more in tune but that newsnight might have some decent reports
guardian seems to be doing a decent job so far. turns out duggan wasnt as clean cut as made out (surprise) but its all still murky at this point. cant really equate gangsta poses on someones fbk photos with him being a IRL gangster.
of course these fuckers arent coming home! they dont care that much. and more importantly, i cant imagine that their being here would have much difference. obsourne is prob drinking champers.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
That Croydon furniture store fire looks fucking insane
― MPx4A, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
^^ this. the one fire engine there doesn't seem to know where to start.
― joe, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
why burn a house in deptford? i mean ffs, that area is POOR
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
turns out duggan wasnt as clean cut as made out (surprise)
lol i don't think id ever heard he was clean-cut at all. doubt he shot at the po-po obvi.
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
walked from bethnal green road to roman road just now.
lot of noise and police on bethnal green road but still a lot of shops open. turned corner and immediately bumped into a gang of 20 or so lads heading towards BG road with masks and all that business heading the other way, bizarrely a drunk woman tried to start a fight with them but they weren't interested
roman road was weirder, well into bow large groups of lads congregating near the market and no police present at all, looked right at the beginning of something, so ducked down side street and went a different way
― post, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
I really don't understand the targets over the past few days. Jewellery stores, HMV, clothes stores etc ok, but why furniture stores? Just to cause havoc?
― jellybean (back again) (Jill), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
idiocy
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
er i meant a reasonable response to EMA cuts
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
no, no, you don't understand, the guy who owns the furniture store is a tory donor. it was all planned. the people who live above are just assholes.
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
'people who live above shops deserve to be burned' - lex
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
my sister is in london :-/
― a chaos of crevasses at cape crozier (gbx), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Tesco and Londis in Dulwich have been targeted, suggesting they've inexplicably passed over Foxton's
― MPx4A, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
TS: 'Feds' v. 'Po'
Actually don't mind people using 'feds' which is good otherwise I'd be blowing a gasket at everyone in London 30 or under for using it ALL THE TIME.
If we're all going to be sitting here watching powerlessly, can we agree a 'board' for Police and Politician Rhetorical Flourish Bingo and start the drinking?
― murdoch most foul (suzy), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
star of bethnal green has been hit
― post, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
im kind of disappointed in the thread title tbh... clash-y
holy shit at that fire on news 24
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Why would Cameron not come home? From a purely selfish POV doesn't he want to be reelected? Not looking like a complete clown would help.
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
oh he's changed his mind, coming home now
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Cameron's on his way back so says the BBC
― not_goodwin, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Looters have just got to purley way, talk of allders burning. Jesus.
― problem chimp (Porkpie), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 21:14 (2 minutes ago)
― nakhchivan, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Another fucking u-turn, so no surprise there. Also damned if he will be shown up by Boris Johnson returning.
― murdoch most foul (suzy), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
bbc man bemoaning the youths' lack of respect for authority
uhhh given what MPs, the police and the media have got up to of late i'm surprised anyone thinks "respect for authority" is a thing that can happen in UK 2011
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Tomorrows Daily Mail Front page?http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4657398090_7a00a0ef3f.jpg
― not_goodwin, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
I can't fucking believe what I'm seeing. I can't fucking believe this at all.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently they've torn the Catford Cat down. Shit just got personal.
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
cant really equate gangsta poses on someones fbk photos with him being a IRL gangster.
you are never gonna get a job at the daily mail talking like that son
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Clash song was called London Calling, iirc. If you want to complain, shit ITV Sunday afternoon shows or gtfo
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 August 2011 21:23 (1 minute ago) Bookmark
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
― r|t|c, Monday, 8 August 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
london's burning is a clash song
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link