Boss Radio

I've seen a lot of descriptions of the rioters lately. It seems they're the disaffected youth, the angry unemployed, the ignored middle class, black, students, West Indians, the children of immigrants, or just maybe Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all. I'm not sure if they're all wrong or all right but if you take a look at the list of people being charged and have a quick squiz at the wanted posters or Youtube vids, you quickly start to get the definite impression that there is no category for the rioters other than 'rioter'.

Meanwhile, after all the pathetic sentences being passed on rioters so far, it's good see a slightly heftier sentence being handed out. A woman who slept through the riots and didn't know a thing about them till the following morning has been given 5 months for accepting the gift of a pair of panties from someone who did take part in the riots.

I know different judges will hand out different sentences, but this is starting to get ridiculous. Receiving stolen goods may be worth 5 months inside, I don't know, but I do know that being the one that smashed and burned real people's property then stole the goods in the first place is deserving of a whole lot more.

I'm beginning to think that the media are only giving us the 'best of' the sentencing. In fact I really need to believe it or I may start to get depressed.

Oh, and to anyone who came here looking for something about poodles. Sorry. I fibbed.