For those for whom the David Cameron trite and self serving assertion in the Commons that there is no social cause for the recent disturbances in British cities, there is an antidote:-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/10/riots-reflect-society-run-greed-looting
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