After the events of the last few days, I feel ashamed to call myself a North Londoner.
I live near Wood Green, and I passed by the High Street on Sunday. All of the phone shops, the HMV and JD Sports were looted and various other shops had been smashed to pieces.
Whilst the protest in Tottenham and the escalation of it into a riot has some grounds of justification (although personally I don't see it), the trouble in surrounding areas is completely unwarranted and unjust. The unruly are simply taking this opportunity to line their pockets and steal as much as they can. There is blatant criminal behaviour in full public view and those responsible just don't give a fuck. There is no hidden agenda or political principle on show here, just mindless criminal activity for no reason other than being able to get away with it.
And in the meantime, our glorious mayor sips a glass of wine in Tuscany and both PM and deputy PM are away on holiday.
It really does feel as if the world is beginning to fall apart. If this situation can escalate so quickly and rapidly over a minor incident, it really worries me what will happen as the economy continues to go down the shitter and the lower classes feel the squeeze.
