Being born and bred in London, and proud of the city that I call home, I felt compelled to air my views on the events of the last week. The pictures, videos and reports tell a grim, horrendous depiction of what could simply be categorised as pure and utter ‘madness’. I’m not claiming to be able to provide answers, if anything I am posing more questions, the issue is a complex one with many underlying factors. Too many people are trying to pin the reasons for these riots on one group or one institution or one type of people – I’m not going to lie, initially I also fell into that category – but having reflected on all of this it is evident to see that the riots are merely scratching at the surface of what is a multifarious problem. I want to raise concerns over what I believe to be the contributing factors - pre and post riots – and I’ve split it into three areas, all of which in some way or another intertwine with each other.
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