Official Reactions & Threats
- Judges warn rioters on sentencing - Independent 18.10.11 115277
- Government backs away from plan to close social media sites during riots - Independent 26.08.11 115281
- Government backs down on plan to shut Twitter and Facebook in crises - Guardian 25.0811 115282
- US 'supercop' Bill Bratton says riot arrests not only answer - BBC 13.08.11 115283
- Twitter and Facebook should be CLOSED during riots and unrest, says Tory MP - Daily Mail 13.08.11 115287
- Parliament demands violent repression of British youth riots - WSWS 12.08.11 115288
- Tory MP Louise Mensch backs social network blackouts during civil unrest - Guardian 12.08.11 115289
- Ed Miliband links riots to scandals - Independent 12.08.11 115293
- Cameron's law: PM planning crackdown on rioters - Independent 12.08.11 115294
- Rioters 'demented' says Boris Johnson - Independent 12.08.11 115295
- Police beam images of wanted riot suspects on to giant screens - Guardian 12.08.11 115299
- The militarisation of policing the riots would be a deadly mistake - Guardian 12.08.11 115300
- David Cameron back councils planning to evict rioters - BBC 12.08.11 115301
- Communities Secretary: 'Looters should be evicted' (Video) - 12.08.11 115305
- young thugs 'should fear the police', says David Cameron's new crime adviser - Telegraph 12.08.11 115306
- supercop’s battle order for tackling Britain’s street gangs - Telegraph 12.08.11 115307
- We worked with police, says David Cameron - Independent 12.08.11 115311
- Met police chief dismisses criticism from PM (Video) - Guardian 12.08.11 115312
- Police defend handling of crisis after criticism - BBC 12.08.11 115313
- Cameron says police admit to wrong tactics - BBC 11.08.11 115317
- Benefits e-petition hits crucial 100,000 mark - BBC 11.08.11 115318
- police unhappy at light sentences for looters - Telegraph 11.08.11 115319
- Special Constabulary response to London disorder - Metropolitan Police 11.08.11 115323
- 16,000 police deployed in London to put down youth revolt - WSWS 10.08.11 115324
- Message from Ealing Borough Police - Metropolitan Police 10.08.11 115325
- David Cameron announces recall of parliament over riots - Guardian 09.08.11 115329
- David Cameron on the riots: 'This is criminality pure and simple' - (Video) - Guardian 09.08.11 115330
- Nick Clegg defends government response to London riots - Guardian 08.08.11 115331
- Ken Livingstone blames Tottenham riot on spending cuts - Telegraph 07.08.11 115335
- Met Police launch major investigation - BBC 07.08.11 115336