Fair play to the lass, shes out on the streets in Hackney trying to calm things down, and without a protection squad.

Brave lass.

' Hackney MP Diane Abbott is at the scene of the riots, which she says are "terrifying" for the community. "It's appalling. These people are trashing their own community. Who would invest here, who would create jobs? I'm calling on parents and families to urge these people to come home. The looting has to stop."

good on her but why has it taken 48 hours for any community leader to speak out

At least she's out there. I was less than impressed with Theresa May speaking from the Home Office.

true although as Taxpayer has just said on the main thread, why don't the parents get hold of their kids and keep them in tonight

That Diane Abbott coming out is enough to send anyone home

she's fookin awful. was listening to her on the radio today and was predicting her answers before she replied. she dragged every bastad cliche into the interview. canny publicity for her when snotty ed milliband gets the chop.

mind at least she's down with the kids and sent her children to the local state school to find out what its really like to be educted with your peers.

oh, hang on a minute, she sent them to private school. and they say socialism's dead.