DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived post-Murdoch era

I see no point in going to a chicken restaurant when I have several perfectly good totally vegetarian restaurants within walking distance. (Actually one less now that Kastoori has closed, but still.) But then again, I don't live in Croydon.

ok ok so white middle classers like nandos too. i just dont see them whenever i hit nandos. though ok maybe cos my nandos is in a not very white m/c area. funny how i never see nandos ads anywhere but they still seem to be expanding.

There are Nandos ads all over the Tube! Come on!

i must be blind.

veggieburger at nando's is probably the best i have ever had tbh.

i mean it's still a veggieburger, and there are 100 tastier things you could eat, but sometimes you just want something salty/herby/flavourful in bread, with chips. they do it best.

make no promises about u.s. nando's though kkgvz. the vegetarian option at burger king in the uk will do in a pinch (e.g. forgot to eat dinner, at paddington station at 11.30pm), but the veggie burger you get at BK in the US is disgusting.

I just view veggieburgers in general as disgusting, revolting, only option in the service station last resorts, rather than anything I'm going to go out of my way to experience. Like, I'd rather resort to a cheese and onion Ginster's than a veggieburger. But you disgusting savages may think differently.

This is ILX, we start with discussing Capitalism, and end up squabbling over sandwiches. Is it lunchtime yet?

"Yes," said the young man. "You wouldn't be talking to me now if we didn't riot, would you?"

Fair point. When MLK visited Watts after the riots someone told him "We won." "How can you say you won?" asked King. "We won because we made the whole world pay attention to us." I have sympathy with both men in that scenario.

i basically agree, a really good veggie burger is never going to be as good as really good real food, but the nando's veggie burger is great for what it is.

i take it back though, the best i ever had was earlier this year in minneapolis.

13.23 BST so in answer to your question...YES it's time for lunch. Which tell you all you need to know about subconscious desire.

hahaha caek, as it's a town full of carnivores who happily eat 'mock duck' at Vietnamese restaurants, where was the Mpls veggieburger?

in the same way that the broadmoor riots got the local people a swimming pool, i hope these riots result in nandos offering discounted meals so teenagers can eat there too.

this would have been a better story if the etonian-munching polar bear lead the looting, got himself some air max 90s (two pairs, obv)

I just wanna know when Brixton Tube is gonna be open again, so I can get home. :-/

p.s. Brixton got our damn ice rink, they can't have our swimming pool, too!

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Just been told to close the shop by the police as it's all about to kick off on mare street supposedly!
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:(

are you round there atm mark?

no i'm at work in angel -- all quiet in pentonville road currently -- and not planning to be home till late-ish

Doing comment moderation on the Telegraph site must be the easiest job in the world - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8687177/London-riots-live.html

http://twitpic.com/62y7wq

can people link to twitpics directly? if there's one thing worse than a bankrupt country, mass unemployment, police brutality, and riots, it's opening a thread to see a big list of twitpic links.

lol at riot police reading twitter -- no doubt lookin at selves in this very picture #escherswarm

But then again, Morley's and Chicken Cottage, totally untouched. Just sayin' like.

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"leave it, that's my brother's caff"

people at work also crazy about Nandos and eat there maybe once every week or two. personally find it a little bland and the sauces all taste the same and are kind of chemically (big hot sauce fan over here, but these burn in a nasty sharp way). I still eat there though, because it's relatively cheap and not an unpleasant environment - a halfway house between fast food and restaurant nosh.

Branches of Morley's and Chicken Cottage get smashed up pretty much every week, this is a special occasion.

Also no Morley's north of the river innit.

grau live blog:

We have to be careful not to fan the flames in situations like this, and I am reluctant to reveal the (many) BBM messages that are circulating with instructions for tonight. They are all hard to verify, but generally suggest plans to gather in at least six boroughs in north London.

if you're not following @paullewis on twitter you might want to btw

wonder if any MPs will talk about the issues behind whats happened and say they should listen to the people like how they do whenever this kinda thing happens overseas.

also british riots need a new theme song. its been 3 decades since ghost town.

(and i love ghost town, though the kode 9 remake was unintentionally hilarious)

Recent update here sheds a bit of light on another reason why they might be smashing things up - it's a massive two-fingers up to the police, attempting to cause chaos they can't control.

as long as it's got nothing to do with the Kaiser Chiefs, I'm happy.

"dead the fires"?

Just seen footage on Sky of a police dog trying to rip some guy's leg off. Didn't appear to be causing trouble, just walking along away from the main group of people.

I think I've said this on ILX before but there's a specialist burger restaurant in St Ives that just does the most unreal, wonderful veggieburger, cannot recommend enough.

dead = stop.

Before and after pics
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8689053/London-riots-before-and-after-the-destruction-in-Tottenham-Brixton-and-Enfield.html

Why trash a PO? Do they keep money in them?

many house cashpoints

Wouldn't have thought they would have the wherewithal to get into cashpoints?

I was astonished to find Ms Cupcake, owner of a bakery on Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane, out in Brixton this morning handing out brightly-coloured iced cakes. She told me this was no day to sell cakes, and she wanted to show the world the true face of Brixton –smiling, generous, and big-hearted.

From here.

Nice one Ms Cupcake.

Not her real name?

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Also that vegan cupcake idiot who's giving away their shit cakes in the name of harmony - GTFO you were calling us animals last night
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She likes animals though

If she was, it wasn't on twitter (or she's deleted it.)

I mean, cupcakes are the devils own food for other reasons, but Ms Cupcake is pretty harmless for the most part.

Astonishing kneejerking and complacency there from the Lambeth Labour guy.

LOOOOOOOOL saw that tweet, Lex.

Apologies if this is so six hours ago, but there's a picture on the Daily Mail website of a girl in a Curry's uniform being arrested for apprently looting the shop that she works at.

LOL it's Cllr Steve Reed

If she was, it wasn't on twitter (or she's deleted it.)

yeah, i didn't see it either but pip is trustworthy when it comes to these things.

the picture of the curry's girl is amazing. as pip (again!) tweeted, "shoulda looted some trousers"

i need to do some actual work now i think. riot news is oddly addictive.

The Russian Embassy is warning its nationals to stay out of Tottenham, Enfield and Brixton

<3 schadenfreude

Sending a coded message to Pav to come home.

One of the main Russian papers apparently called the violence a 'pogrom', which seems a little odd.

"Go home, get a takeaway and watch anything that happens on TV," one constable advised. "These are bad people who did this. Kids out of control. When I was young it was all Pacman and board games. Now they're playing Grand Theft Auto and want to live it for themselves."