Another Own Goal by the Metropolitan Police
This morning, in a room packed full of Tottenham residents, religious leaders and local schoolchildren, the Metropolitan Police failed to turn up to support a key inquiry into the riots and managed to lose one of the last pieces of respect held for them by one of the communities ravaged by last year’s disturbances. The … Read more
Fuck the police?
A piece by Tom Williams who blogs here From one side of the spectrum to the other, people have united in their condemnation of the police since the riots began on Saturday night. On the one hand people lament the lack of respect and fear shown by the rioters towards the police and call for … Read more
Time to think
It looks like London might be out of the woods. Last night, as I rode through the empty streets of the capital and passed black clad groups of policeman hanging around on street corners, I was struck by a true sense of relief. Though the situation certainly worsened in the rest of England one can … Read more
Revolt not Revolution, Aspiration not Desperation
This is an immediate reflection on fast-moving events. Please point out any mistakes or unfair generalisations I’ve made. London, and areas of Bristol, Liverpool and Birmingham among others, have exploded. There seem to be two main responses among the twitterati, the press, and the public, that divide roughly along left/right fault-lines. One bemoans the socio-economic … Read more
