Summer of Disorder

[TestMangler]

And that was the fans of one team celebrating a victory. On Friday 18th June, Scotland play England. If that goes badly for the Scots (I'm being kind to them by using 'if' where 'when' seems more appropriate) one ought to expect quite a lot of mental.

Unlikely seeing as how the celebtrating 'fans' were Rangers fans who generally support England anyway.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Not quite sure why they are rioting, some poor sod collapses and dies with no apparent suggestion of foul play and they start setting fire to cars, this place is getting as nutty as the US of A.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...n-see-20645681

It's a bunch of Swansea Jacks, they've barely got enough brain cells to rub together.

"Twin Town (1997)" was a documentary.

It was bad enough 45 years ago when I used to fix tellys up there.

It's the fecking wild west now.

The Esteemed Establishment wherein I spent 14 years of my preretirement isn't very far from there.

The one good thing about moving the thing down the docks was that it's much further away from the yobbery.

Apart from the Esteemed Customers of course.

It's one of life's little ironies that the area with the most fantastic views over Swansea Bay is inhabited by morlocks.

[vetran]

They all looked like the usual feral chavs you find in these horrible towns and cities.

Swindon in the summer?

[Mordac]

Glasgow had quite a bit of football related mental last week. While not unusual, grouping up and targeting the police like what happened is defo not usual.

I sense crazy in the air.

And that was the fans of one team celebrating a victory. On Friday 18th June, Scotland play England. If that goes badly for the Scots (I'm being kind to them by using 'if' where 'when' seems more appropriate) one ought to expect quite a lot of mental.

[_V_]

Not quite sure why they are rioting, some poor sod collapses and dies with no apparent suggestion of foul play and they start setting fire to cars, this place is getting as nutty as the US of A.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...n-see-20645681

They all looked like the usual feral chavs you find in these horrible towns and cities.

[vetran]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...-live-20645082

I see above the impoverished young hard working people were protesting about Tory austerity or something

Not quite sure why they are rioting, some poor sod collapses and dies with no apparent suggestion of foul play and they start setting fire to cars, this place is getting as nutty as the US of A.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...n-see-20645681

[vetran]

Here's your catalyst if the copper doesn't go down:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-57176681

That would be from the PC's actual criminal trial? I suspect he will, it looks like he put the boot in.

[_V_]

I guess the police service didn't respond to the calls until they completed their Carbon emissions survey?

[mallisarealperson]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...-live-20645082

I see above the impoverished young hard working people were protesting about Tory austerity or something

No fake news. That happens all the time in Swansea!

I worked there for a few months. Perfectly normal behaviour.

[minestrone]

Glasgow had quite a bit of football related mental last week. While not unusual, grouping up and targeting the police like what happened is defo not usual.

I sense crazy in the air.

[LondonManc]

Here's your catalyst if the copper doesn't go down:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-57176681

[_V_]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...-live-20645082

I see above the impoverished young hard working people were protesting about Tory austerity or something

[saptastic]

Looks like Swansea started early.

[saptastic]

Or maybe just some sunshine and booze

[minestrone]

What with a barely functioning country over the last year some of the livestock seem to have wandered too far from the farm and I'm getting the feeling a single event could trigger a summer of complete frenzied madness.

A police shooting, or maybe going out in the quarters on penalties.