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

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

― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Karen D. Tregaskin), Monday, 8 August 2011 12:06 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"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?

Jodelka ( o ) ( o )
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."

DING DING DING! Tabloid Hysteria Bingo, just claimed "someone blaming violent video games" square.

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

Must have been watchhing Sky:

Weirdly, the lead clip Sky was using appeared to show a whole bunch of Orthodox Jewish geezers either running to or from the riot

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 August 2011 11:55 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

@victorialine Victoria Line
I am part suspended with no service between Stockwell and Brixton at the request of the police.. There's a good service on the rest of me.
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;_;

irrelevant to the thread but I'm not sure about tube lines tweeting in the first person.

s/b the first person plural for the victoria (= royal we).

Wife just called me from outside Green Lanes Sainsburys. Whole retail park locked down apart from Costa Coffee.

Sainsbury's was open as normal yesterday. There's apparently information that six areas are going to be hit today - that might be one of them. Would be suicidal to try to loot anything around Green Lanes other than the business park, though.

There's a good service on the rest of me.

potential new username for someone.

Sainsbury's was open as normal yesterday.

Cheap toastie sammiches?

And it does say something to me, that they're not just *stealing* the things, but venting huge amounts of anger at the shops selling them. We may not see those shops as appropriate targets, but I do wonder what they represent to the people trashing them.

lol i also just read no logo.

xp, Come nightfall there may be cheap toasted everything.

I've never read No Logo, btw, so I'm not sure what you're saying.

Also first person tube service updates is surely what the interwebs was made for!

(agree on the Royal We, though.)

i think if any tube line i used tweeted at me in the first person, i'd be tempted to tweet so much abuse and vitriol back and it'd maybe send me a bit insane

(agree on the royal we obv!)

[oh my bad, no logo is partly about nike and their peers and how evils they are on many different levels, incl. fucking over inner cities specifically and the resentment that builds]

Lots and lots of police in Mare Street Narrow Way now; not sure if anything is happening beyond this: http://yfrog.com/h792815653j

Is he obsessively checking Twitter?

police are behind the times, this is the blackberry messenger revolution.

http://ishackneyriotingyet.com/

He is checking when the John Maus poll closes.

hey guys maybe a hipster will be hurt in these hackney riots!!111 lol! no doubt they started over a fixie bike!!!!