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UK: Rioting in north London
« on: August 07, 2011, 11:13:52 AM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14435251

Hope you north Londoners are all safe & weren't out rioting.

Has this affected anyone on here?
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2011, 01:25:10 PM »
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Quote from: Mrs Robinson on August 07, 2011, 11:13:52 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14435251

Hope you north Londoners are all safe & weren't out rioting.

Has this affected anyone on here?

I'm stunned by the devastation caused.

People might want to let family and friends in the USA know they're alright, they may not understand the geographic proximity to where you're living.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2011, 01:57:02 PM »
Asked my BIL about it because they live around the Green Lanes area, not far away from Wood Green & all.  They stayed in last night.  Said they didn't know anything about it until they saw the news this morning!  They said they heard a lot of sirens but that it wasn't unusual so didn't think anything about it.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2011, 02:31:42 PM »
Quote from one of my friends:

So: Tory scum, stupid cuts, royal wedding, and now proper rioting. We are definitely in a stable time loop with the 1980s.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 04:05:37 PM »
Quote from: DrSuperL99 on August 07, 2011, 02:31:42 PM
So: Tory scum, stupid cuts, royal wedding, and now proper rioting. We are definitely in a stable time loop with the 1980s.

We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 04:54:13 PM »
Quote from: Mrs Robinson on August 07, 2011, 01:57:02 PM
Asked my BIL about it because they live around the Green Lanes area, not far away from Wood Green & all.  They stayed in last night.  Said they didn't know anything about it until they saw the news this morning!  They said they heard a lot of sirens but that it wasn't unusual so didn't think anything about it.

Ive only seen video of looting coming from the shopping centre there. Breaks my heart as my Mum grew up in Wood Green & Tottenham to see all these things happening..  :(
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2011, 11:30:40 PM »
Quote from: sonofasailor on August 07, 2011, 04:05:37 PM
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher


 ;D

I had no idea anything was going on until tonight. sheesh! 
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 09:39:54 AM »
Quote from: sonofasailor on August 07, 2011, 04:05:37 PM
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher


Your post is a bit prophetic about history repeating.  Sort of, but not really.

We're not near a high street, but I hope this is going to be resolved soon.  Stupidly crazy. It sounds like there has to be a better system with working with families of those shot or even just injured in police activities (remember, these are people who have NOT had a trial, whether the media is right about them being "gangsters" or not), but the looters, of course, are just looking for an excuse.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 12:27:21 PM »
This is totally crazy. We were in London just last week and were staying in Walthamstow, just next to Tottenham. Glad we missed it!  I feel so bad for those innocent people who got stuck in this. There was a story in the Metro about the guy who lived above the Carpetright shop and he had to leave his flat because it was in blazes. Everything he owns is gone. So sad.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2011, 04:08:42 PM »
Quote from: Legs Akimbo on August 08, 2011, 09:39:54 AM

 the looters, of course, are just looking for an excuse.


It would be interesting where the looters live because I think I heard that the word was put on Tweet? or something that there was going to be an opportunity in Tottenham. Welcome to the electronic age! So I'm thinking people from around London can show up for the opportunity to loot. Professional looters?
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2011, 05:06:46 PM »
It seems to be all flaring up again, stay safe Londoners. :(
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2011, 05:23:29 PM »
My boyfriend got sent home from work in Edmonton a couple of hours ago-they are worried that looters are headed there next. Shops and cars were vandalised last night in Enfield of all places. The violence that is occurring now is completely unwarranted and i'm waiting to see what the police/government is going to do to put an end to it.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2011, 06:39:35 PM »
Oh hooray, now it's spread to Hackney, Bermondsey, and Lewisham.

It does make me wonder if this would be quite as widespread if it wasn't the school holidays...
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2011, 06:39:55 PM »
Quote from: Cheers on August 08, 2011, 04:08:42 PM
It would be interesting where the looters live because I think I heard that the word was put on Tweet? or something that there was going to be an opportunity in Tottenham. Welcome to the electronic age! So I'm thinking people from around London can show up for the opportunity to loot. Professional looters?

The press keeps blaming twitter, but its not that. Its using the BBM feature from their Blackberry. Just saw through the Guardian (??) that RIM (Blackberry manufacture) are going to try to release BBM logs to the police to help them find the ringleaders.
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Re: UK: Rioting in north London
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2011, 06:45:52 PM »
Just passed through tottenham tube station, we crawled past the platform... Pretty eerie  :-\\\\
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