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rioters massing in greenwich park apparently. greenwich town centre business being closed and boarded up and people being warned away from trafalgar road.

saw one mention they're going to go greenwich->deptford->bermondsey so basically heading right towards me as I head home.

Can you single-handedly kill them?

Any accounts of vigilanteism yet?

it is basically that young babies who suffer neglect don't develop properly as they should. This includes their brain development which is vital. Their Brain growth is stunted by malnourishment/improper diet and lack of stimulus. This then leads to improper brain function in terms of emotion. combine that with an appalling upbringing then you have an individual who is incapable of being a productive member of society unless sever intervention takes place.

I think her argument has plenty of merit but no easy fixes.

Thanks, Jimbo. I would not put it in physicalist terms, but I think something very similar.

3 police vans storming up Balls Pond rd half hour ago. They had HEDDLU on the side... south Wales Police! We're in safe hands people!

Wayne's calling in favours

Right...puncture resistant tyres fitted for my ride from Deptford through Bermondsey to SE Beers. I hope Hatbeard is wrong!

3 police vans storming up Balls Pond rd half hour ago. They had HEDDLU on the side... south Wales Police! We're in safe hands people!

could be north wales, even better!

I wonder where will be hit tonight.
My money, unfortunately will have to go on Stratford, Finsbury Park and Upper Holloway/Archway :(

Ollie's going to have a field day with this...

A solitary typo, even if apposite, doesn't get me excited today. :(

Twitter says that the petrol station ~3 mins from my house is on fire currently

Friend in Forest Hill can't see any fire.

3 police vans storming up Balls Pond rd half hour ago. They had HEDDLU on the side... south Wales Police! We're in safe hands people!

wheyhey.. these po po are used to dealing with grief in cardiff on a saturday night and unrest in the valleys.. get in boyo..

Baton rounds - essentially plastic bullets - will be available for officers to fire at rioters if there is more violence tonight.

Ok, who thinks this will kick off again today at some point?

3 police vans storming up Balls Pond rd half hour ago. They had HEDDLU on the side... south Wales Police! We're in safe hands people!

If they can sort out the Soul Crew, a few teenagers stealing rice aren't going to prove much of a problem.

Blackberry suspends messaging service.

this has been rumered twice before, got a reliable source?

Yeah, somebody just texted me on my Blackberry about this.

Ok, who thinks this will kick off again today at some point?

will ?

surely it has already

Ok, who thinks this will kick off again today at some point?

Me.

Ok, who thinks this will kick off again today at some point?

I think its likely but hopefuly the fact that there's more than twice the ammount of police about will mean that it settles down much quicker

A mate says someone he knows in the met has been issued his firearms license for tonight... Not sure how that works.

Ok, who thinks this will kick off again today at some point?

Unfortunately I think it's getting to "inevitable"

Lewisham is locked down apparently. College has been evacuated (a staff member's g/f works there and has been sent home).

3 police vans storming up Balls Pond rd half hour ago. They had HEDDLU on the side... south Wales Police! We're in safe hands people!

Shouldn't they be protecting spotter?

A mate says someone he knows in the met has been issued his firearms license for tonight... Not sure how that works.

Fuck yeah! Gun them down

Hasn't it already kicked off? Or were the rumours about Lidl in Hackney and London Fields just that: Rumours?

it is basically that young babies who suffer neglect don't develop properly as they should. This includes their brain development which is vital. Their Brain growth is stunted by malnourishment/improper diet and lack of stimulus. This then leads to improper brain function in terms of emotion. combine that with an appalling upbringing then you have an individual who is incapable of being a productive member of society unless severe intervention takes place.

I think her argument has plenty of merit but no easy fixes.

Grim as can be. Only to be perpetuated by offspring being sat in front of new larger plasmas.

Plastic bullets are officially on the table.