Govts should not assume that by their actions that they control public safety. The Govt govern by consent, the Police police by consent.
As the riots were flash mobs knee jerked into violence, I think the tens of thousands that came out to protect their neighborhood and deny that there was a shared hatred was also a spontaneous reaction.
Don't start thinking that Citizen Assemblies scale for Governance.
#UKPolitics #Riots
Simon Lucy
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