General Chat

I agree Hayley imho it's not racial or political..it's just mindless thugs committing daylight robbery and getting away with it.

Send in Gene Hunt I say !!! x

theiving morans.....and only this morning someone said to me ...and I quote " you cant blame them with this government, there is nothing for them" needless to say I nearly blew a gasket , I do hope me Mam isnt watching this she would be scared half to dealth...Ive never seen Itsmytelly so angry in 18 yrs. :-0

How sad that it was felt necessary to remove the previous thread. I am one of those who posted several times expressing my view, no bad language etc.
I feel so upset for every one who was caught up in the hordes of people running amok and possibly carrying weapons of one type or another.

This is not the UK of my youth and onwards, but we did notice that between the mid 1980s to the time we left in 2003 the UK was changing . I have written previously about my husbands work in the Immigration Service and how frustrated, angry and in despair he and his work mates were becoming because they were not allowed to do what they should have been doing.

My heart goes out to those who will feel worried and maybe scared with what is happening.
I do not know the answers but I do know is that these persons must receive the proper consequences..prison, band from being out in the evenings, javelin to report to the police every day and made to do voluntary work such as cleaning the streets etc.

If people are in the country illegally then forget conventions etc and send them back and the people checking people coming into the country need more staff rather than less. The number of Immigration officers is being decreased quarter on quarter, I know this for a fact.

The only thing I can do now is pray for those who will be witnessing this and those who have watched this terrible situation.

Bridget in Spain

I don't really care how much it costs..how long it takes to implement...or what it's ultimately called...measures need to put into place to deal with this effectively... If the old riot act isn't fit for purpose then it's time to replace it with one that is...maybe too late for this bout of trouble..but at least it's there should it be needed in the future.

I shudder to think of the amount of millions this debacle has cost already...not to mention the fact that these idiots feel they have the upper hand..(they're not wrong at the moment imho which is why it's still on going)...Tottenham alone was said to be £100 million.

Enough is enough.

I was shocked and so angry at what went on last night...no excuse at all for such behaviour.

It's time Britain stopped being so b****y PC.


Parental control and care is very important...which sadly to-day is lacking big time......in bringing up a child...to teach them the correct behaviour.

You only have to walk though our town centres to see parents 'f' ing and blinding at their young children...what example is that?

They, the parents, throw their MT cans of beer, crisp packets and rubbish on to the pavements whilst walking past a rubbish bin.

It's no wonder the children grow up into hooligans and thugs with a bad attitude. So what if they are unemployed..they are not the only ones.

They can change their life if they really put rtheir mind to it.

Perhaps now is the time to bring back conscription!

But I don't suppose those that caused so much damage all over the country last night are brave enough to cope with that!

I wonder how they would feel if their home and belongings were deystroyed by other mindless idiots.

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Has anyone advocating it actually READ it? you couldn't bring it back without re-writing it for the 21st C and how much do you think that would cost? millions and how long would it take?....years!

"The last time it was read in the United Kingdom was in connection with a delinquency at the bonfire festivities in Chiddingfold in 1929 (! ) and prior to that in Birkenhead on 3 August 1919, during the second police strike when large numbers of police officers from Birkenhead, Liverpool and Bootle joined the strike.[3] Troops were called in to deal with rioting and looting that sprang up, and a magistrate read out the Riot Act. None of the rioters subsequently faced the charge of a statutory felony"

One of my brothers lives in Blackheath SE London. He rang me earlier today to see if we OK .

He is in his mid sixties and has had two strokes so is a bit unsteady on his feet at times. Last evening he took th bus into Lee Green to do a shop at Sainsbury's. Got off the bus and was crossing the road when hoards of youngsters with their hoodies up and scarves around their faces came belting up the road from the direction of Lewisham . He stopped in his tracks as they crashed past him,he said he was petrified!!. Then he made me laugh because he said "to top it all when I did get to Sainsbury's it was closed and the shutters were down "AND he had to walk back home as all the buses from Lewisham had stopped running.
His wife works in a supermarket in Greenwich and she was rung on her mobile, when she waiting at the bus stop this morning to go to work, and told not to come in we arent opening

Bl**dy high time it was brought back into the statute books again then.

This softly softly approach hasn't and doesn't work and needs to stop before lives are lost.

Burton...read my post ,GR and other forums are pulling threads..it doesn't mean they have been reported by anyone..

The riot act is no more...do keep up! it's been commented on at least 4 times to my knowledge. it was removed from the statute books over 30 years ago.

Keep out of the Salford and manchester town centres...it's all starting to kick off there from what I have seen.

All I would ask is where do the parents of the younger children actually imagine they are?...and why don't they exhibit parental care and do what any sane parent would do....make sure they stay at home away from harm when there's a riot raging in your own back yard !!!

if it's because they don't care then they should be MADE to care. I don't particularly care by which means.x

I expect the thread was pulled because there were too many opinions like mine....... we already have the answer to these riots on the Statute Book. Its called "THE RIOT ACT"

Call in the forces, make a curfew and anyone on the streets after a certain time will be shot.

Job done.

What we don't have is a politician with the guts to bring it into force.



Wonder how long it will be before some do-gooder complains about this comment and gets it pulled.

Just an expression of sadness at some history having been destroyed - since 1867 for several generations, this family firm's building endured two world wars; yesterday the building was destroyed:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/aug/09/london-riots-croydon-reeves-video

http://www.london-footprints.co.uk/pubwkcroydon.htm
On the right is the Reeves Corner island. This is named after the furniture store (established in 1867) occuping several premises here.

App it's kicked off in Salford.
Def need the water cannons out NOW!!!!!!

Just popped in to say that I didn't delete my thread so GR must have done.

I only hope there's no more rioting tonight, but I wont hold my breath.

I believe, all the bulls kn*ckers, 'as my hubby calls them' sorry criminals, should be rounded up and all shackled together at the ankles, and paraded around the whole of London or whatever city they come from, for a whole week and only given bread and water.

Stay safe eveyone.

Jenny

Instigating a curfew might be good for starters.
Yes I know a lot of people wouldn't like it, and it is a total inconvenience, and the PC Brigade would have plenty to bleat about - BUT, if it's the start to a solution, then so be it.

In the recent troubles here in Cairo, the first curfew was 8pm - 6am, and too bad to all those it didn't suit. When that was found not to be working quickly or efficiently enough, the curfew was changed to 6pm- 6am, and finally because of continuing trouble, it became 4pm-6am. Then, gradually it was relaxed, and only recently has it been lifted altogether, the final one being 2am-5am.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that internet and mobile phones were cut for 10 days...yes, 10 days! Inconvenient isn't the word, but they did it, and that was that. It certainly put paid to any rallying round setting up satellite protests/riots - as Britain is now seeing in other areas of London, and in Bristol & Birmingham.

I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, however it worked.

Trouble these days is that Britain's politicians are too busy pussyfooting around; the Police have one arm tied behind their backs trying to do their job; and anyone with any authority is too afraid of their own shadow. Britain needs an authority with a backbone.
I'm fed up hearing on the news that 250 or 550 arrests have been made. I'm sure most people don't give a flying fig how many arrests have been made, what they really want to hear is that something positive and effective is being done about what's happening, and sod the pc doogooders at the moment!

There now, got that off me chest!!
Sorry if I cause this to get whooshed, but it isn't malicious and I do feel we have a right to duscuss current affairs.

K

My son is a Greenwich uni student and has been staying with a friend in Eltham; he just rang to say he is coming home because Eltham shops are being boarded up and so are the uni buildings. What a shame. The sooner this stupid behaviour is stopped, the better.

Watched sky this mornning - I saw the Teresa May interview (never seen her in action before) I must say that she did not in anyway fill me with confidence. There was a retired Police man of high ranking also interviewed and I found him interesting, particulary with regard to what he did not say but hinted at.

Jiminy C GR has removed many threads as well as comments on the FB page...I believe it has been decided on many forums not to 'advertise' the actions of the criminals nor to encite irresponsible comments from the ignorant racists who use any opportunity to spread their particular brand of poison. ... ( eg an idiot on FB!)

I just feel so sorry for those poor innocent people caught up in all this.
The photo of the woman jumping from the burning building, and the television crew who actually heard a woman shouting for help, as her and her kids were trapped in their home, affected by smoke from the burning roof, was so frightening.
People have lost homes, livelihoods and more.
I pray no bodies are found in the burnt out buildings.

My family live just outside Croydon and their little parade of shops was looted yesterday. My daughter in law took the grandsons to work with her for safety and then rung me to say that the building was set on fire by some as young as seven or eight. Luckily everyone got out in time. I've told them just to get in car and come here even if we all sleep on floor.It seems to me everyones human rights are taken into account apart from decent human beings of any race, religion or political view who just want to live normally and not be intimidated by others