[derekgas]

Our silly government took their time to authorise water cannon and rubber bullets, which have been used in Ireland for years, what is the message there? Its ok to use them on the Irish, but not the English?
There really would be no need to actually shoot anybody, they should have issued a statement declaring that anybody caught rioting/looting a second night WOULD be shot, and that would have been an end to the rioting and looting.