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The rioting in England has finally settled after four days. British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed Parliament Thursday in an emergency sitting - to address the situation.

“It is criminality, pure and simple, and there is absolutely no excuse for it… The young people stealing flat screen televisions and burning shops – that was not about politics or protest, it was about theft…" (BBC)

Mr. Cameron vowed to bring justice to those involved in the riots.  Also, the Prime Minister announced measures to help police prevent similar events in the future.

Police will have the power to order the removal of suspicious facemasks.  And ministers are looking into stricter curfew laws, as well as an action plan on gang culture.  And one of the more controversial proposals...

“Everyone watching these horrific actions will be struck by how they were organized via social media.  Free flow of information can be used for good.  But it can also be used for ill.  So we are working with the Police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when the are potting violence, disorder and criminality.” (ITN)

Free speech advocates have voiced opposition against social media restrictions.  Also, some are warning that Mr. Cameron’s language evokes a sense of -quote “political wrath.”  A Telegraph writer says…

“…beware of fire and brimstone as the old spectres of disorder feel the heat of public and political wrath… justice, in grim times as well as good, must be proportionate and fair … Politicians, and Mr. Cameron in particular, must do all in their power to make sure that they do nothing to undermine those values.”

In questioning, Labour leader Ed Miliband called for a review of recent police cuts, which Mr. Cameron stands firmly behind.  

In the future, however, the Prime Minister said he wouldn’t rule out bringing in help from other government forces.

“It is the government’s responsibility to make sure that every future contingency is looked at, including whether there are tasks the army could take that would free up more police on the front line.”

A writer for the Guardian says the Prime Minister’s speech sounded too, well… scripted.  

“…today, presumably thanks to being plucked from his holiday and thrown into a whirl of Cobra meetings and visits to the Midlands, he was below par. Cameron famously travels light, ideologically speaking: might it be that his newly discovered hard line is as insincere as the cuddly stuff he voiced five years ago?”

According to the Guardian, Members of Parliament will be reimbursed for having to cut short their holidays to attend the emergency session.

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