After the sensation of the riots dies down we will need to look at some facts. For between 24-48 hours a few thousand people in a few inner London boroughs fought 10,000 or so officers to a standstill.
How is on Earth is this possible?
The true nightmare beneath the headlines for the government is the 'onlookers'. The fact that thousands more people have been on their streets watching the incredible spectacle live instead of being good little citizens and hiding in their homes, watching it all on TV, means a dangerously large number of Londoners at the very least accepted what was happening.
