London On Fire: Insurrection Causes State Of Extreme Emergency As Prime Minister Recalls Parliament
August 9th, 2011
London On Fire: Insurrection Causes State Of Extreme Emergency As Prime Minister Recalls Parliament
Published on August 9th, 2011 @ 09:40:05 am , using 1510 words
Copycat riots reported in Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Liverpool

UK Daily Mail
By Emily Allen and Rob Cooper
With an 'unprecedented' 16,000 police will be on duty in London tonight there were questions this afternoon whether the Metropolitan Police could quell the violence tonight after failing so spectacularly last night.
Just hours after David Cameron warned rioters they would face the 'full force of the law' there were rumours on Twitter that violence was already starting up again.
The army of police officers on-duty in London will swell to 16,000 tonight - compared with just 6,000 last night - as reinforcements are drafted in from 26 forces across the country.
Today huge swathes of the capital woke up to the charred debris of burned out buildings and streets littered with waste. David Cameron has recalled Parliament for the day on Thursday as he pledged to bring the situation under control.
Theresa May caused fury today by appearing to rule out using the Army and water cannons to quell any future disorder. Police were last night criticised for being absent when much of the looting and ransacking took place and, when they were present, keeping their distance from rioters.
Today the riots claimed their first life as a 26-year-old man who was shot as he sat in a car during rioting in Croydon died in hospital.
After cutting short his Tuscany holiday to deal with the worsening public disorder crisis, Mr Cameron said today: 'We will do everything necessary to restore order to Britain's streets and to make them safe for the law-abiding.
'Let me, first of all, completely condemn the scenes that we have seen on our television screens and people have witnessed in their communities.

'These are sickening scenes - scenes of people looting, vandalising, thieving, robbing, scenes of people attacking police officers and even attacking fire crews as they're trying to put out fires. This is criminality, pure and simple, and it has to be confronted and defeated.
'I feel huge sympathy for the families who've suffered, innocent people who've been burned out of their houses and to businesses who have seen their premises smashed, their products looted and their livelihoods potentially ruined.
'I also feel for all those who live in fear because of these appalling scenes that we've seen on the streets of our country. People should be in no doubt that we are on the side of the law- abiding - law-abiding people who are appalled by what has happened in their own communities.
'And I have this very clear message to those people who are responsible for this wrongdoing and criminality: you will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishment.

'And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you're not only wrecking your own communities - you are potentially wrecking your own life too.
Last night copycat violence broke out in Liverpool, Birmingham and Bristol, with further reports of violence in Nottingham and Leeds as it spread from the capital for the first time.
Among the most serious of incidents was the arrest of three people on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer in north London early this morning. Armoured vehicles - known as 'Jankels' - were used to push back a mob of 150 rioters in Clapham, south London, while dozens of businesses were gutted by fire or looted until shelves were bare.
Children aged as young as eight were reportedly seen fleeing shops with games consoles in Ealing.
Despite 6,000 officers on the streets of London alone, many residents reported a lack of police while marauding gangs were a law unto themselves.
An 'unprecedented' number of police will be on the streets of London tonight with 'all able-bodied officers in the Met' out on duty, said Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen Kavanagh.
Police confirmed that 525 people have now been arrested since rioting began on Saturday and over 100 have been charged.
England's friendly international against the Netherlands tomorrow at Wembley has been called off amid fears that it could be targeted by thugs. West Ham and Charlton football clubs had already postponed their Carling Cup clashes tonight on police advice.
Amid the unrest, with a year to go until the games, senior members of the International Olympic Committee are in the capital today. As London is cleaned-up they are expected to watch beach volleyball at Whitehall.
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People throughout the world have turned their backs on God and now He has turned His back on them. It's that simple. When God exists in the hearts of people, where ever they are and trusts in Him enough to ask for His help, He will be there for them. However, people, for the most part, anywhere in the world today, have lost touch with Him.
I truly believe that is why we are seeing so much violence and destruction almost anywhere we look these days. If anyone has ever read the bible, you know that God will protect His people when they follow His commandments, seek after good things and strive to do good to those around them, but when people just put all the goodness aside and strive for too much money, power, fame or anything that is of the world and forget who it is that has provided for them to have any of those things in the first place, He leaves them on their own with only themselves to rely on. Hence, we see hatred, violence, massive scenes of insurrection, destruction of lives and property and a sense of rebellion against everything good because the one who represents good is no longer present to defend them against their enemy.
Who is their enemy? It is Satan, the author of all lies. Has everyone forgotten that when the hearts of any people are turned against God, Satan steps in and because their hearts have already turned cold, he is able to stir up their hearts with his evil designs? I know this may not be the place for this and I apologize, Barry, if it does not fit here. I know there will probably be a lot of critics about what I have just said, but I deal with truth; and I am just telling it like it is. The reason there is so much anger,oppression, violence and destruction in the world is because God is missing from the equation and people are so blinded by their own self-wills and needs for self-gratification, they can no longer see what is missing in their lives and no longer recognize the need for repentance and humility to bring God back into the equation.
God has never forsaken us; only when we forsake Him. The really sad part is that our country is being led by those who fit this description and most other countries in the world have been dominated by these same kinds of people. So, until, the people of these United States and people of the world unite again with God as their provider of truth and allow Him to riegn once again on this earth, destruction and violence will continue to flow from one place to another until we will all be swept away into the bowels of hell. Just my opinion.





