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schick's about to hulk out!

if you don't can it with the light relief he might, flip and spend 30 seconds ineffectually banging a flimsy aluminium chair against the toughened glass of a high street bank for the benefit of the cameras!

you have been warned.

I just feel powerless and stupid, and I really see no reason to pretend otherwise by cracking jokes now. It's a way of somehow trying to reassert control (in your mind) over a situation that you can't control now, and that is deadly serious in a way that anyone can see. Nothing wrong with typical forum style, which I like at most times. By all means joke if you must, but it's just the wrong time to me.

Sorry for the rotation (not my pic)

It's on Shacklewell Lane, Dalston btw

It seems completely random and uncontrollable, spreading everywhere. Did they just set a bus alight there?

Tweeting "OMG I was in Lewisham just last month" is not really connecting you to tonights events

It seems completely random and uncontrollable, spreading everywhere. Did they just set a bus alight there?

Is that TFL moving a burnt out bus?

I wonder if this is the peak, or if things will get worse tomorrow? The police need a visible win to turn things around.

I just feel powerless and stupid, and I really see no reason to pretend otherwise by cracking jokes now. It's a way of somehow trying to reassert control (in your mind) over a situation that you can't control now, and that is deadly serious in a way that anyone can see. Nothing wrong with typical forum style, which I like at most times. By all means joke if you must, but it's just the wrong time to me.

fair enough oliver. hope things calm down there soon.

Tweeting "OMG I was in Lewisham just last month" is not really connecting you to tonights events

ken again?

sorry. sorry.

Don't know much on the bus, just found the pic on twitter.

Other Dalston info: Turkish shopkeepers are tooled up with baseball bats. Fighting fire with baseball let's see how that turns out

Tweeting "OMG I was in Lewisham just last month" is not really connecting you to tonights events

Ha, it's the worse.

I heard (I believe) an MP for Croydon say he and his wife drove by that furniture shop not two days ago while shopping! Two days ago! And now it's gone!

Although it has calmed down for now, it's fucking tense around here. Every now and then you hear
something glass smashing, or something breaking...

video of bloke getting pushed off Walworth Rd into Carter Place by police

clown, get the fuck out of there

yep. don't know why people have to get in the way and complain about perfectly reasonable treatment (like in the video, i am no police apologist in general)

Any updates of what's happening round yours nuknow?

Theres some cunt on twitter saying that currys have run out of flatscreen TV's they are going to go to Doctors waiting rooms to get some WTF

http://www.twitvid.com/4JTZH

that woman is so right. London is a shameful shambles.

Owner of Reeves the furniture shop burning in Croyden on SKY so fucking sad 140yo 5 generations of family

Whiteley's is shut down, petrol bombs being thrown.

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Any updates of what's happening round yours nuknow?

Although it has calmed down for now, it's fucking tense around here. Every now and then you hear
something glass smashing, or something breaking...

This ain't over yet... it feels like anything can start at any given chance.

Ooooooooooooh! Pissy!!

For fuck's sake. When the fuck are you going to grow up, you tedious prick...

Owner of Reeves the furniture shop burning in Croyden on SKY so fucking sad 140yo 5 generations of family

I had to change the channel. It's depressing, but also not really news. His furniture shop made the best TV so now he's being interviewed (to make even better TV). The same story will be played out by many more people tonight.

News please, not drama.

The owner of that furniture store that is ablaze is speaking on Sky News. So, so sad.

News please, not drama.

yeah, good luck with that.

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The Brummies are getting in on the act too

They have shops in Birmingham?

RE: The Dolphin

I really hope it's just rumours too, there are only a few people mentioning it so hopefully it's false.

RE: The Star

My housemate said that people were smashing/looting it earlier, when I was up there just after things had calmed down a bit it wasn't burning just rubbish/bins outside.