UK riots: shames us all.

The UK has been thoroughly humiliated by the ongoing rioting that began last week.

Yes, does need a bit of perspective. UK population is around 69.9million people. The rioters number roughly 20,000 of which about 10% have been involved in criminality and violence. There may well be another couple of millions who agree and encourage their behaviour. But whichever way you look at it, roughly 97% of the country would not seek nor opt for violence. Of course, it is scant consolation for those who are presently afraid to leave their homes, in the country where their parents were born, where they were born, where they have paid their taxes (and their parents before them) and contributed as much as anyone else. It is unimaginable that we would create such a situation for anyone in the UK, regardless of the reasons put forward by those defending it.

We will have to see how the government responds.