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White Riots By Abdul Turay Published 23 August 2011 Some in the media are doing “The Italian job” on England's black population. For those of you who are not British, I'll explain. “The Italian Job” is a famous 60s movie starring Michael Cain. It's something of a national institution here, every Briton has seen it. Non-Brits may have heard of the more recent American remake staring Mark Wahlberg. It's a very clever, quirky, patriotic movie about an elaborate gold bullion heist in Italy by London's criminal underworld. There are couple of scenes in the movie that have always bugged me and I suspect every other Black Briton. At the end of the movie, after a celebrated car chase through Rome's Byzantine streets, the gang load the gold onto a bus, ditch the cars, get on the bus themselves, and drive off. The driver has the easiest job in the whole gang, in fact the easiest job in the World. He has to drive a bus along a perfectly maintained mountain pass, with no ot
New feature (Off Topic) This Blog is about Estonia but occasionally I may publish a feature or opinion piece that is off topic. Here's one about the England riots. White Riots
City under siege By Abdul Turay Published Postimees 11 August 2011 Croydon High Street this morning looked like a war zone. I could see smoke pouring from buildings on the main street. Places I know well were burning to the ground. Police had sectioned of the main street. The helicopters, the one s with the cameras on, whirred overhead. Debris strewed the streets, people walked around dazed and shocked, not quite sure what to do. Then is started up again. By noon Croydon was starting to look dangerous. Crowds of youths were beginning to gather. So I went home, only to find the high street near to where I live was shut down. There are reports of crowds beginning to gather there too. I can hear the wail of police sirens as I am typing this. There is no simple explanation as to why this is happening. The truth is nobody knows why it is happening. Some commentators have pegged the rioting on the usual suspects of inner city social deprivation and government cuts. This