Bad things happening in London

[Stavros]

My first assumption, that most of the rioters and looters were from the dysfunctional underclass, gangs, borderline mad, broken homes and so on I think was more than 50% true -but after that first night in Tottenham, the looters took on a diverse character and it now seems they were a mixture of opportunists stealing in the absence of the police; and gangs stealing with fences arranged in advance. A known criminal was shown on video in the Telegraph chatting with looters holding stolen goods; we now know some of these looters have jobs, come from families that have money and so on. It doesn't remove the long-term problems of youth unemployment, but it does make this whole carnival of theft a depressing summary of the extent of selfishness and greed that has infected 'sick Britain'.

Is someone in the FA so thick they can't switch Tottenham's home leg game against Everton to Liverpool this Saturday, and play the away game in London next time?

So far its been a bad year for the Police Service...

[SammiValentine]

with liverpool at home the same day???? yea not quite that thick............

[Nikka]

with the cars on fire it feels like a normal in south america hahaha (joking, well ..... not)

[russtafa]

I think people in the U.K will be thinking that the police and the government need a real shake up and to get rid of these politically correct ideas that don't fuck'in work

[Edwoodwoodwood]

You now what guys I believe we are all singing from the same hymn sheet here and albeit there are between all that have posted some very interesting suggestions and analagies we like most of the civilised western world are to blame for our own missguided doings.

Britain used to be known as Great Britain which is why some many people are keen to get here for whatever reason. Britain is no longer great in my opinion for a few simple reasons.

1) We don't hardly manufacture anything ourselves now, the biggest percentage of our consumer items come in from China, India and in general the Far East because on the face of it we can't compete on price against these countries. We are about to spend fortunes on new trains from Germany because they are 'cheaper' then close down our own manufacturing plant and puts hundreds out of work. Who pays for that the?

2) There are far too many people coming into our country every year that are not contributing to the economy either because they are illegal, don't work and if they do most of their money gets sent back 'home'.

3) Our welfare state to which we are very proud has been abused by all and sundry and way too much is handed out to anyone who asks without them ever having contributed a penny to it.

4) 13yrs or socialist rule with all the wasted money on quangos and everything borrowed on the never, never. Those cunts Tony Blair & Gordon Brown have a lot to answer for. Nice one Gordon for selling off all our gold reserves at giveaway prices.

5) This is a big one; The 'Entitlement culture' that so many people now seem to expect someone else to provide for them and give them eveything they want without doing a stroke for it. Our services industry in the UK is now so heavily manned by Eastern Europeans because there are so many lazy no good British citizens who don't want to do the work because it is beneath them, not enough money, not enough respect. Without all these migrant workers the UK would grind to a halt.

6) Europe, Those maggots in Brussels now tell me almost everything that I can do, not do or have to accept. I'm surprised I don't have to check that the colour of my underpants comply with all known rules. We have to chip in so much bloody money into the EU and on the face of it don't get hardly anything back.

7) Wars & overseas aid. WTF are we doing in Afghanistan / Iraq. If we had back all the money we have spent in the last 20 yrs on that we could have afforded to have left those shop doors open and told everyone to help themselves.

I've gotta stop now as sounding like a politician and winding myself up too much but you get my drift.

[russtafa]

It's the same in Australia but we have lots of mineral wealth to save our bacon .if not we also would be in the poo

[Edwoodwoodwood]

It's the same in Australia but we have lots of mineral wealth to save our bacon .if not we also would be in the poo

Can I come and join you mate as our place is pretty well fucked up her but at least you have plenty of space and better weather.

[russtafa]

Can I come and join you mate as our place is pretty well fucked up her but at least you have plenty of space and better weather.

you are welcome but we have a mad bitch of a prime minister that's running our country down the drain as quick as she can

[Stavros]

with liverpool at home the same day???? yea not quite that thick...........

Some of the funniest jokes I have heard are Liverpool-v-Everton jokes, it would be a great advertisement for football, make it a festival of football fun for all the family....we need cheering up.

[Dino Velvet]

Can you guys share your soccer jokes with us? We wanna laugh too. We just don't understand the humor but we're willing to listen if you care to explain. I'll tell a few knock-knock jokes in return to show my gratitude.