UK riots

[Meerie]

i mean that i aknowledge that there is violence towards the police - dialect issue perhaps

but on the streets tonight in the centre, just off the main streets where we are, of manchester there was not a general feeling of fear or violence, more that people were on a high and excited about grabbing high value items from stores

Nevertheless that sounds kind of spooky to me ! I hope you are okay, Lorna, and things don't get as bad where you are as they seem in London.
On TV I saw a black family (mum, dad and maybe 5year old boy) walk thru all the violence and people throwing stones and burning down houses in the middle of London and the little kid had such a terrified expression on his face. I felt so sorry for him! Just imagine your neighborhood turning into warzone from one day to the next.