Originally Posted by
Lencoboy
Strange how many people refer to the August 2011 riots as simply the 'London' riots. Yes I know they first started in London, but they did rapidly spread to most other major cities across England, plus obviously demonstrates the prevailing 'London-centricity' of the mass media in general!
Oddly (and fortunately), said disturbances seemed to happen in England only and passed both Scotland and Wales by IIRC.
At least both the BBC and Sky News now seem to have gone quiet over the situation in the Netherlands. Perhaps the disturbances there might now be petering out?