Cameron cuts short holidays as riots spread

Feature describe and discuss the causes and implications of the social unrest in the United Kingdom, August 2011.

• Primary Source

BBC News: England riots http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675

RNW, 10.8.11: Riots in England: the spark could ignite anywhere http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/riots-england-spark-could-ignite-anywhere

Der Standard, 11.8.11: The street bankers (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/852971-street-bankers

Kathimerini, 10.8.11: London calling. Listening, Athens? http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite3_838_10/08/2011_401868

Deutsche Welle, 9.8.11: London riots spread on third evening of violence http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15303529,00.html

France24, 9.8.11: Cameron returns to UK as London violence spreads http://www.france24.com/en/20110809-cameron-returns-riots-spread-through-uk-cities-birmingham-london-third-night

Deutsche Welle, 11.8.11: 'UK-style riots unlikely in Germany' http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15309929,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 12.8.11: Europe's Angry Youth http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,779906,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 9.8.11: Impotence in Britain's Mogadishu http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,779318,00.html

Daily Telegraph, 9.8.11: The underclass lashes out (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/845621-underclass-lashes-out

Polskie Radio, 9.8.11: London’s burning http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/53128,Londons-burning

Spiegel Online International, 10.8.11: 'Riots Reveal the Decay of British Society' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,779413,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 10.8.11: Britain's premier pledges to fight back after fourth night of riots http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15307077,00.html

France24, 10.8.11: Cameron marooned as 'Big Society' goes up in smoke http://www.france24.com/en/20110810-cameron-big-society-uk-riots-justice-government-london-johnson-conservatives

PressEurop, 10.8.11: Blamestorming Britain http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/848681-blamestorming-britain

---