“PHONETICALLY SPEAKING” To reflect the fast pace of world news, my blog is probably best served as a stream-of-consciousness text. Fast and unadulterated. With this approach, and on first encounter, text might not seem to scan. This is because I am dyslexic. Instead of keeping the proof-readers busy, I would rather let my blog updates of my visual work stand as a record of my experience of dyslexia, which I am keen that you now get to enjoy too. Unlike some news outlets, I hereby excuse myself the need for a ‘corrections’ section! The excitement of a new language is something I’m quite familiar with, and it is with this ‘joie de vivre’ that I am delighted to guide you through my thought and work processes, more phonetically (than fanatically) speaking.
Metropoltan Gang start riots by Assassination!
On 4th August 2011, Mark Duggan, a Tottenham gang leader was shot dead by the Metropolitan police. It was a fatal shot to the chest. The Independent Police Complaints Commission released a series of untrue reports suggesting that Duggan was shot after he fired at police. They subsequently stated that the bullet found in a police radio originated not from the weapon allegedly found on Duggan but from a police issue firearm. Duggan’s family marched from Broadwater Farm to Tottenham Police Station seeking information from a high ranking police officer on the circumstances of his death. What rapidly followed was anger not just on London streets but also across deprived areas of the UK.
Prior to this event, PM Cameron had announced severe cuts in policing numbers. After this event, the public were screaming for more police officers on the streets. Is this what they mean by Hegelian Dialectic, you know, ‘Problem, Reaction, Solution? Think, how plausible is it that the historical party of Law and Order, the Conservatives, would downsize the police force?
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