Assault on Democratic Rights in UK After Riots
Submitted on September 6, 2011
By Robert Stevens - 6 September 2011
An unprecedented assault on democratic rights has been mounted in the month since the outbreak of rioting in several major British cities...Since then, hysterical press coverage and bloodthirsty calls for retribution have been the order of the day...The Metropolitan [London] Police have said that they plan to arrest around 30,000 people. To this end, plans are in place to vastly expand prisons, which have now reached full capacity.
