In the news

Guardian is all over this, great piece by a man of the cloth here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/10/salford-riots-greed-disenfranchised?intcmp=239

There's an interesting piece in Telegraph about the race aspect of riots (with less interesting comments, as it's a right wing paper at the end of the day).

I blame Fried Chicken.
FC is killing the minds of the 'Youths'... Trust me.

It's broad event, there is plenty of scope to hang whatever hat you want on it, everyone has something to say and they all know they're right, the religious, the left, the right, the EDL, the liberal, the conservative, anti-consumerist, pro-consumerist . . . blah blah blah, it's a good canvas for people to parade their political leanings.