a couple of hundred of youths from across the community of Birmingham get together and cause mayhem, force the return of parliament, cause rifts between police and government,may lead to wholseale legal changes and have driven the media agenda for the last two weeks.

5000 people from across the same comunity get together for a preace rally in Birmingham,

30 second slot on the national news, no senior national politician attends. hmmmmm

WHY are we not making a big deal of this event

are our priorites right?