London riots: Prime Minister's statement in full

The Telegraph ^ | 09 Aug 2011

[markomalley]

"Good morning. I've come straight from a meeting of the Government's Cobra committee for dealing with emergencies where we've been discussing the action that we will be taking to help the police to deal with the disorder on the streets of London and elsewhere in our country.

"I've also met with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the Home Secretary to discuss this further and people should be in no doubt that 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.

[catman67]

How about: FIX BAYONETS!

[Oceander]

Mr. Cameron, might I suggest that you reach back to England's storied history, and deploy

[EBH]

There should be in every city a huge amount of law enforcement that will shoot to kill when it does start..

Phhhht...don't you know the police were the first thing cut in the budgets!

[oh8eleven]

"Give 'em the cold steel boys!" .... I like that.

[MsLady]

Thank you, done and done. It’s a great quote.

[PapaBear3625]

Blah, blah, blah. If you had shot the rioters dead on Day 1, you wouldn't have had a Day 2, Day 3, etc.

If, instead of ordering the disbanding of battalions upon return from Afghanistan, he had ordered a few thousand troops with live ammo and bayonets to go in and shoot rioters on sight, things would have settled down real quick, and stayed settled for many years.

[Charlespg]

Put some of these at the intersections

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxfGhV5j2Bs&playnext=1&list=PL74EC3AF4AF568A26

[Travis McGee]

IF redistribution of wealth and taxing “the rich” are such good things, people who show some initiative and take matters into their own hands rather than waiting for the government and politicians to do the job ought to be applauded. The chickens have come home to roost in London. This is the leftist/liberal agenda stripped of its veneer. Ideas have consequences.

Excellent point.

[yldstrk]

Who are you 08/11

Did you really sign up yesterday?

And are you really calling for murder on the streets by government agents? Do I understand you correctly?

[Bigg Red]

....you’re not only wrecking your own communities - you are potentially wrecking your own life too.

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Oooh, that ought to scare the thugs into behaving themselves. Good grief! What a waste of time the PM’s statement was.