Originally Posted by
Dedworth
What's that untrue statement got to do with the cause of the riots ? The inquiry found that they were not politically motivated (by cuts) much to the embarrassment of left wing handwringers but purely for criminal looting.
The only problem with the Police is that they've been hamstrung by more than a decade of political correctness, form filling, 'elf and safety etc.
These riots would have been nipped in the bud by early deployment of significant manpower and rigorous use of batons. Instead we saw the lily livered Met Police umming and ahhing over risk assesments, targets etc whilst the feral scum ran amok.