Comment Re:Backed by (Score 3, Insightful) 449
If the daily mail ran a headline claiming that two times three equalled six, I'd double check on my fingers before believing them.
the UK police have never even resorted to using water cannons outside of Northern Ireland
False.
This was a quite prominent issue during the London riots earlier this year. Even with arson and city-wide looting, and with the vehicles available, water cannons weren't used. The political effect of breaking a precedent and using water cannons in mainland england for the first time was considered too great, even when the alternative was to let parts of Croydon burn.
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (5) All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?