Yes we did and yes we will.

Mind you, some hairy stuff here in Peckham tonight, some of which I saw with my own eyes, escorting my Missus home safely through the middle of it.

I'm not old enough to remember the Blitz but I do remember 1981. Got a sinking feeling we've a few more nights of this to get through before it's done. Ah well, at least these days we can follow it all live on News 24 - from helipcopters right above my roof this very second...

Anyone in my town tonight: chin up and be calm. Including you, mclmk8d.

Cheers - C

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How inconsiderate- folks are trying to sleep..!

In all seriousness, this has got a little bit out of hand. What I find really funny is that what started it all (the Duggan shooting) began a riot in which the folks involved weren't actually from the area, at all... it was promoted by Twitter.

Don't they have anything better to do with their time..?

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I hope all of you stay safe and away from the affected areas (which seem to be growing). at least they haven't looted that street full of guitar stores that we went to.
Back here in NJ...the flight was uneventful except for the roller coaster ride approaching JFK and some passengers screaming as we dropped a bit too quickly and then rose just as quickly...this was a full 747 being tossed about like it was made of paper. First time I was ever scared on a flight.

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Ceri, please be careful, you know that already, I don't know these areas were it is happening, staying away from those areas like the people in LA did after Rodney Kings Officers trial, come to us. Can you get to Heathrow?

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I heard on the news today, a news person voiced their opinion that they wouldn't be surprised if those riots began to happen in the USA too. Ceri we might need a neutral country to ride out the storm. What do you think about the Republic of Costa Rica?

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

The news over here isn't talking about London and I was wondering if life is back to normal for the UK.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Hi SBLS: yep, we seem to be more or less back to normal, thanks for asking.

Nearly 2000 people have so far been arrested with more to come as thousands of hours of CCTV pictures are examined and the perps ID'd and named and shamed in public. The courts were working 24 hours a day and have so far convicted over 1200 people with some tough sentences being handed out as well as some lesser ones. As far as I'm aware all of the more serious offenders have now been caught: those bigger cases will take longer to come to trial. There's going to be some life sentences dished out before we're done.

So it's all good clean entertainment on the news channels.

Cheers - C

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Good that you're OK Ceri, thanks for the update as I was hoping some of the perps would be caught and your court system is on it. I hope the USA judicial system gets the message and remembers it this time.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

So the discussion here and about from over there, among some, seems to be centering on whether or not the law was a bit harsh on the poor blokes as far as the sentencings went. Nothing like showing the world a soft mindset on the subject of anarchy and insurrection.

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Two youths, in seperate incidents have been given four year prison sentences for trying to group gangs together at locations, through Facebook, with the intent of rioting, looting and general thuggery.
Alas, nobody turned up but the police did, in large numbers and they were sorely needed elsewhere to deal with real events.
The judge, decided that was not just a serious waste of police time but acted as a decoy, that lured police from actual situations, were much damage was being inflicted and reflected that in his sentences.
A lot of cases to get through yet.

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