It may be weird me bringing it up because the thing is when I initially saw Liverpool breaking into a riot well I wondered whether it was just a brawl happening or whatever but it turned out much more serious than that because Liverpool has a reputation for being rough and poor. Now though it seems there's unrest happening in even areas I would view as fairly middle class.
Keep an eye out when you see the riot footage and look at the architecture as well as the general state of the place. Also regarding Sunderland, the media are just saying it's a generic 'car', police here regularly make use of unmarked vehicles for plain clothes undercover operations. I wouldn't be shocked if something happened because it's literally just one car being shown on fire and nothing else.
Why did they only set that car on fire? That's a question to ponder.
How bad is the rioting? Is it as peaceful as the "fiery but mostly peaceful" protest or as violent of the velvet ropes walking J6?
From my perspective it looks fairly localised which is how you know it's not an artificial op and the fact that they've broken out simultaneously like this is pretty interesting. The big question now is what is going to happen with the rest of the country and the bigger cities potentially.
Shit always happens in London, so don't be surprised by that, there are always protesters about and when it's a summer day all the weirdos come out in force generally to cause some havoc. So as I've mentioned elsewhere the real test will be when winter hits and if the unrest continues. Possibly the biggest mistake Keir Starmer could make now is a clampdown because it would only serve to piss off more people throughout the year especially if he does January 6th style arrests and just goes after people randomly which apparently he has been doing a bit.