Tuesday, August 9, 2011

London riots, recall of Parliament

PM David Cameron pledged to restore order, recalling Parliament on Thursday in response to the "sickening scenes". Reports BBC.Cameron in the Met Police's Gold command in Lambeth on Tuesday afternoon, speaking to emergency service personnel in Croydon condemned the "sickening scenes of people looting, vandalising, thieving, robbing". Met Police said 525 arrested and more than 100 people being charged.

Cameron added further"You will feel the full force of the law. And if you are old enough to commit these crimes, you are old enough to face the punishment."The recall of Parliament will allow MPs to "stand together in condemnation of these crimes and to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities", he said.
Prime minister returned early from his holiday in Tuscany to discuss the unrest, which first flared on Saturday after a peaceful protest in Tottenham over the fatal shooting of a man by police

London sight a wave of "copycat criminal activity" over the past three days,  Met Police said.
Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol are among the cities where violence broke out.
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1 comment:

  1. I think the media agencies made the riots even worst by publicising them. It was the news reports and social media that inspired spread of riots across the country.

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