I'm not sure how everyone else feels, but I am weary of watching/listening/thinking/analysing the UK riots in general, and London in particular. Like most people, I was sickened by the whole thing and depressed by the state of our society. The fact that the perpetrators were my children's generation somehow made it feel worse.
I felt angry that the riots came so close to my area in South London - Croydon, Lewisham, Peckham, Eltham. I don't uphold the idea that all this was caused by the 'cuts' which haven't even started yet! I think this was an abdication of morality and discipline across an entire generation. I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with Melanie Phillips, columnist at the Daily Mail, and Allison Pearson, columnist at the Daily Telegraph.
Yet in the middle of all this chaos, the dignified humanity shown by the father who lost his son in Birmingham after he was killed by a hit and run driver along with two other men. Also the clean up operation which has been inspirational. So there's still some hope for us I think...