[net-gold] RIOTS AND RIOTING : COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN: The Great Riot of London: The Stakes for David Cameron
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- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:04:11 -0400 (EDT)
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RIOTS AND RIOTING :
COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN:
The Great Riot of London: The Stakes for David Cameron
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The Great Riot of London: The Stakes for David Cameron
By Nick Assinder / London
Tuesday, Aug. 09, 2011
Time
World
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2087602,00.html
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After three nights of escalating violence, arson and looting which have
left parts of London looking like a war zone, Prime Minister David Cameron
has one pressing question to answer from citizens looking to him for
reassurance and action: "Who controls Britain's streets?"
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Throughout Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning the answer
to that question appeared to be "the mob." It certainly was not the
police, politicians or local community leaders, all of whom were
overwhelmed by the unprecedented scale of the violence and the speed with
which it escalated and spread, first, from one London borough to another
and then, perhaps inevitably, to other cities including Liverpool,
Birmingham and Bristol.
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If Cameron cannot offer a different answer to the question, one that
reassures people that government ministers and the police have control,
then the consequences for his leadership could be far reaching and,
ultimately, even lethal. Margaret Thatcher's long reign as Prime Minister
came to an end partly as a result of less devastating riots against her
attempt at radical reform of local taxation in March 1990. As Diane
Abbott, member of parliament for Hackney, one of the worst hit boroughs,
in north London, told TIME: "One of the basic functions of a nation state
is to maintain public order. If Cameron cannot regain control over the
next 24 hours then he will be in serious political trouble."
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Unlike Thatcher, there is no massive policy issue driving the riots but,
as Abbott also points out, the deep government cuts to public spending and
local community services to deal with the economic downturn have yet to
really bite in many communities. "When they do, it isn't going to make
things any better," she says. But, like the majority of politicians from
all sides, she draws a distinction between violence sparked by social
tensions and criminality. "This violence may have started with the police
killing of a man in Tottenham on Saturday, as they classically do start,
but last night was just recreational looting and the big problem was that
the gangs were allowed to loot shopping centers for hours without the
police intervening, so the message went out you could go and loot without
being arrested by the police."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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