DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived post-Murdoch era

ha was just about to post that dorian

about time too

is there a live news stream anywhere? bbc news was showing something else 5 mins ago, don't particularly want to have to rely on sky

great advert for whoever's glass that is in Ladbroke's window about half an hour back on BBC news live. a chair, 2 massive wooden poles and what looked like a big stone barely put a dent in it.

Giggs has closed his Twitter after apparently being hacked with a message encouraging the Peckham riots four hours ago

http://yfrog.com/h8pjjgxj

This is the Peckham end of Rye Lane

not really keen on ascribing any higher motives to this than the fun of a ruck tbh

ugh Kit Malthouse can GTFO, he should stop using inflammatory language, doesn't he realise it could cost lives?

need a new thread for this

inflammatory language vs inflammatory substances

there's a riot going on: london's subaltern teens tear it up 2k11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQutDDmNlo

BBC showing aerial footage of burning cars on Lewisham High Street now. Pretty happy to be at home right now.

Fucking hell, London.

so what's going on in hackney? i'm heading there tomorrow \o/. (not to riot.)

2011 has been mental

Just need some footie violence and the return of Spandau Ballet and your 80s revival will be complete.

that sentiment will have been expressed

Enjoyed seeing out of the window the BBC and Sky helicopters race each other from their position over Hackney to presumably Lewisham.

Teresa May's refusal to acknowledge that this could possibly be anything at all more than MINDLESS VIOLENCE comes off pretty weird. Best blame a full moon.

whats going on in bethnal green? - hearing its happening there too now, and supposed to go there in half an hour

seeing groups of lads on roman road market, shops all shuttering up

What did Jody McIntyre do? Having trouble keeping up with everything...

police are forcing people south down mare street so they'll end up in bethnal green if they keep it up long enough

as for 'mindless violence' well this is hardly rational and insightful behaviour

"Boris has been doing lots of media..."

^^^Kit Malthouse being a twat on C4 News.

What did Jody McIntyre do? Having trouble keeping up with everything...

Be inspired by the scenes in #tottenham, and rise up in your own neighbourhood. 100 people in every area = the way we can beat the feds.

People running out of their flats as shops are set on fire below.
Don't envy you guys in London, hope they get in under control.

burning greggs in peckham, tv images of youths climbing over roofs

One of the guys came out of a flat and locked it behind him :(

wish the tv camera would focus on the people rather than the burning buildings

Can't believe there's no fire engine at the greggs fire yet!

Birmingham - http://lockerz.com/s/127818415

cor, former met commander dude john o'connor just gave the most spectacularly incendiary interview on bbc

"these yobs, probably unemployable, dont want to work, just nicking stuff, these convicted criminals despite their young age... meanwhile self-appointed community leaders etc"

i mean i was feeling pretty hardline about the whole thing myself but jesus stfu u fucking moron

think the dudes setting fire to shit aren't really bothered by what he thinks

Yeah, i doubt they're watching 24 hour news at this moment in time.

oh right ok thanks for explaining that guys

shall we have a new thread?

with an amusing title, if anyone wants to spitball

doubt the populace of london was right behind these dickheads until pc plod opened his mouth either

so who cares, really

Kevin Hurley on the BBC was just saying the violence in Hackney was a consequence of criticism of the police being "over robust" in the last few years. He suggested that the kids knew they could get away with shit now because the police were scared of being too forceful!

my bro wrote this thing in the telegraph explaining what is "a blackberry" to their readers. toe's the law and order party line of the paper which is him doing his job, but otherwise the blackberry stuff was all news to me. i'm white btw.

www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/blackberry/8688651/London-riots-how-BlackBerry-Messenger-has-been-used-to-plan-two-nights-of-looting.html
www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/blackberry/8689313/London-riots-BlackBerry-manufacturer-offers-to-help-police-in-any-way-we-can.html

suxy, black bean and quinoa veggie burger was at the birchwood cafe.

London's burning's not bad?

sky news report, btw, was saying that one of the riots today (not sure which) started with someone refusing to be searched by the police, getting 'harassed' by a bunch of them as a result, and lots of people noticing and getting themselves involved.

Hope that red car's insured :(

Hurley also suggesting that if the police had taken water cannons out this evening, they could double up tackling fires!

i've seen this trailed on twitter all afternoon so i'd call bullshit on that xxp

BBC: "1948: Away from the capital, there are reports of a standoff between police and youths outside Birmingham's Pallasades Shopping Centre. That's close to the city's New Street railway station."

First spill over to other cities?

Just keep your "unrest" away from Manchester please.

Bunch of would be looters got to Tesco Mile End Rd a few seconds before me. Got my adrenaline going. Hoping for a quiet night but now not sure.

burning greggs in peckham, tv images of youths climbing over roofs

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Shooting in Leeds according to the BBC and a lot of people swarming round the scene.

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Apparently a guy's been shot in Chapeltown area of Leeds. Don't know who did it but a crowd of 'about a hundred' youths at scene.