tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585702554277994887.post516233588398835906..comments2023-06-27T14:46:28.225+01:00Comments on Northern Writer: Manchester RiotsNorthern Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384188301284766445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585702554277994887.post-55705371141394296852011-08-13T08:10:13.066+01:002011-08-13T08:10:13.066+01:00Good blog, as usual, but I would not be too hard o...Good blog, as usual, but I would not be too hard on the BBC. Like the police, they do the best job they can under the circumstances. What would be the alternative, Murduch or McDonald? Heaven forbid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585702554277994887.post-8966741611029617612011-08-11T11:58:07.587+01:002011-08-11T11:58:07.587+01:00Excellent post. I think there is a extremely stro...Excellent post. I think there is a extremely strong case that the media has fulled the riots, especially the coverage by the BBC. The coverage on sky captured an offender saying, in summary, 'I've come to make some money, start trouble and p**s off the police. I hate the police, and this is our chance to do what we want and they can't do anything about it'. There is little doubt that he is one of the many that saw the coverage, knew some of the police were being sent elsewhere and took advantage of that situation. Thank you for your positive notes. I hope another positive outcome could be more respect for the police and emergency services from the general public and the review of front line police numbers. Scarily, although the incidents that have been occurring were extreme, they are still only an escalation of the type of abuse the police get every single day. For example, pelting bricks at police vans and fire engines happens all the time and most certainly every single bonfire night. It is a very scary hard cold fact that there are frequently nights where (in the area I can speak about) if you dialled 999 with a life threatening emergency there would NOT be anyone available to come to you, and when they finally could it would likely be a single officer, all due to lack of resources. From the sounds of David Cameron I am very doubtful as to whether the issue of front line police numbers will be addressed, but during the incidents over the last few days the general public, in areas where the police are usually disliked, have been giving words of thanks and messages of good luck to passing officers. Something very positive you certainly don't see every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585702554277994887.post-50721949309759463952011-08-10T21:08:37.243+01:002011-08-10T21:08:37.243+01:00Thanks for the comment. I fail to understand your ...Thanks for the comment. I fail to understand your point. Are you saying that rioting and looting are justified because Hazel Blears did something wrong? Or that any opinion she expresses is always going to be incorrect because of that?Northern Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384188301284766445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585702554277994887.post-73208408603485722072011-08-10T20:57:55.651+01:002011-08-10T20:57:55.651+01:00Interesting that Hazel Blears has been on her soap...Interesting that Hazel Blears has been on her soap box condemning the Salford looters as criminals. Perhaps she thinks we have forgotten she was caught stealing £20k per year in second home allowances and had to pay £13k to HMRC for fiddling her tax return!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com