Well if nothing else the riots have distracted us from the scumbag press and phone hacking (former sun editor arrested this week) and the biggest wholesale sell off of the NHS in its history (private firms are now allowed to cherry pick from many of it's sevices).
I've signed the E-petition and donated and I'm going to even the Karma up by gardening for all the neighbours who can't manage it this weekend, That should put us well in credit because I feckin hate gardening.
Btw have you seen some of the E-petitions - there are some proper barm pots out there