On a positive note, what we might well be seeing is one of the most impotent displays of ‘power’ we’ve ever had the misfortune to see. They’ve managed to rouse some fat old scrotes and some kids whose little hope of escaping their life has likely gone in an hours looting and stone throwing. A tiny proportion of populace took part and that’s all they’ve got. They’re going down with more of a whimper than a bang.
Election lost with a majority voting for centre and left of centre parties, as is almost always true, violence unleashed, with no end game obvious. What do they menace society with now?
After the 2011 riots the DPP* set up a string of late sitting courts, some of which ran all night. They were jailed in double quick time and I’d imagine something similar is in the offing.
People are already going through the sausage machine, with lots remanded in custody for sentencing at crown court (as magistrates can only give a maximum 1 year jail term. I’d imagine there’s some huge anxiety following on from last night as they await a knock on the door.
Whenever stuff like this kicks off the Police are invariably slow at the start but catch up surprisingly quickly. In 2011 video evidence played a huge part in proving guilt and this idiots are not only on cctv but have actually been filming themselves committing acts of criminality!
Almost all will find themselves in prison sooner or later, and will likely still be blaming forriners for their lot in life.
The real tragedy is that these useful idiots have been had, yet again.
They’ve chopped off their own heads, and as usual, the malign actors whose bullshit got them out on the streets have looked up at the guillotine and said “nah, not today.”
If one of them, Farage, Yaxley Lennon, 30p Lee Anderson, Tice, Oakeshott, Fox, and Habib actually believed in what they doing they'd be fighting, looting and committing arson alongside them. It’s telling that they’re nowhere near it, and a shame none of the ‘patriots’ can put that together….
*Just in case people didn’t know the DPP was K.Starmer.
I agree with you. The law of unintended consequences (or, as you may prefer, benefits) does appear to hbve come into play.
While it must have seemed like a right old hoot to have a bit of a skirmish with the police on Friday night or do a spot of casual looting on Saturday afternoon, some are now in a cell waiting a month or so for Crown Court while many more await the knock on the door.
Too many people live near at least one person who exhibits anti-social behaviour or someone who is a nuisance, and I pity those who have to live next door to them.
A pound to a penny that many of these same people were drawn, moth-like, to the flames of wanton destruction. In the long run it may actually save the police a bit of time by picking them out and then picking them up at their leisure. There are enough photos and clips swirling around the cesspit that is social media.
And yet, it is this same media that is helping the police put these rioters behind bars. In fact, they couldn't act fast enough in Sunderland to point the finger at the woman in the pink shorts who thought it would be a bit of a laugh to push an industrial bin at the police line. Tonight she too is under lock and key.
In the meantime and with no small amount of irony, Yaxley-Lennon is on the run and sunning himself abroad, Lawrence Fox headed for Ireland hiding behind his sunglasses, according to reports, and Farage could be anywhere, other than Clacton obvs. This unholy trinity continue to fan the flames of discontent, from foreign climes, from behind high walls and security details, because their constant agitation is the only card each of them holds. And they know it: each one being nothing more than a 21st century Lord Haw-Haw.
Dylan's Masters of War could so easily have been written for Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu, but there's still plenty in it that could be attributed, if metaphorically, to our own 21st century Lord Haw-Haws:
"You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch
When the death count gets higher."
