Tag Archives: London riots

Top bum ,sedition and Gadaffi the penguin

Posted on August 25, 2011 by henry tapper

“What” , you might be asking, ” is going on here?”. Continue reading →

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Life in the fast lane

Posted on August 22, 2011 by henry tapper

I am writing to you from the fast lane of the M3 adjacent to Bracknell. Is writing therapeutic? I am not sure, but I suspect that you are probably asking yourself whether I am writing and driving at the same … Continue reading →

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Mittens- that wd stop em lootin

Posted on August 11, 2011 by henry tapper

 “More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for anyone convicted of taking part in the riots to lose benefits they get” Thomas Hardy wrote a book of poems entitled “life’s little ironies”. He’d have seen the humour in … Continue reading →

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“I just want to show the rich I can do what I want”

Posted on August 10, 2011 by henry tapper

If that girl in Croydon and the thousands of disaffected rioters have done anything positive for me – they’ve got me thinking just how big the gap between me and them is. Perhaps I don’t feel quite as comfortable as I did a week ago.

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