UK Civil unrest; uncivil society
The riots in London and other places indicate a big breach in the political culture of the UK.London riots: Timeline and map of violence
People have been left homeless after a night of riots on the streets of Tottenham. Buildings were set alight and shops looted after a peaceful demonstration turned violent. Looting spread to other areas on Sunday. Here is a timeline of what happened.
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The flip side of the rioting in Britain
After worst riots in a generation, proud Britons reaffirm faith in lawful society
The British are proud of their reputation for refusing to bow down before adversity, a spirit that has brought them through the Blitz, the race riots of the early 1980s, and the terrorist bombings of July 7, 2005.
And now, the worst riots in a generation. Before the ashes of the torched buildings were cold Tuesday morning, thousands of people in London and the surrounding areas had answered a call, issued spontaneously on social media networks, to begin sweeping up…
Early in the morning, as fires burned out of control across the city… Felicity Deane, 27, a lawyer from Sydney, Australia, who lives in the City, London’s financial district… noticed mass volunteer event, Riot Cleanup, being organized on Facebook and Twitter. The organizer of @riotcleanup is a British artist named Dan Thompson, whose rallying cry proved so effective that some riot sites were actually tidy before most volunteers arrived yesterday morning…
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