Talk of ‘rioters attacking their own communities’ misses the point
The political class has chosen to focus in minute detail on the horrors of the last few days, while refusing to address the causes of the anger that has been ignited. This is what our politicians do; it is all they are capable of. But now it is clear that this is insufficient.
The Met's stop and search webchat digested
This lunchtime Met Police Commander Tony Eastaugh held a live webchat answering questions on stop and search. As with Bernard Hogan-Howe’s Twitter debut before Christmas, the Met chose which questions to answer and there were no tricky follow ups. Here are some key exchanges.
Neds
Neds (short for Non-Educated Delinquents in the film) charts the viscous trickle of one gifted boy’s eventual adhesion to the 1970s Glaswegian gang culture, a fate that Peter Mullan (writer-director), now into his third feature, so narrowly avoided in his youth.
The anarchists are coming, and this time they're organised
Tony Wood supports Tottenham Hotspur, looks like Keith Allen on a good day, and wants to abolish all forms of money. He’s also one of the organisers of this Saturday’s 2011 Anarchist Bookfair. So, is he dangerously insane? Or has the time for anarchy finally arrived?
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