Tweets from London

(in no particular order)

When the Real breaks through, everything seems like a film
@kpunk99

Supermarkets in E1, E3 seem to be closing about five hours early today.
@WillWiles

Hipsters out in force to watch riot #londonriots http://t.co/zSPa0CC
@liamcranley

Locked inside a Tescos near Euston after about 20 teenagers came in and smashed shit up with iron bars. http://t.co/L6jFhFL
@empom

people in tottenham mcdonalds are making their own food #LondonRiots
@_M_I_A_

This is the worst Olympic opening ceremony ever.
@Nevfountain

Horrifying. A picture of a woman jumping out of the window of a burning building in Surrey St. http://t.co/rNYJVjK #LondonRiots
@_JamesR

I saw 3 or 4 young women looting Tesco Express for nappies and milk tonight. Difficult and serious problems beneath this mess #londonriots
@joroach

PM had been monitoring developments „on an hourly basis“. Making every Twitter user in the UK better informed than him #londonriots
@fmrw89

„You wouldn’t be talking to me now if we didn’t riot, would you?“ http://is.gd/LJFlcP #londonriots
@dissemination

Atmosphere in #Clapton part fearful, part carnival. People buying chicken to eat while watching action. Takeaway 50m from riots packed
@mattkmoore

Well David Cameron, you’ve presided over more social unrest & rioting than anyone since Margaret Thatcher. You’re a tribute to your party.
@fatcharlesh

‚This is a television. They’ve ripped it off the wall. Why? They clearly didn’t want it.‘ #skygoeschrismorris
@kpunk99

Norway loses 92 children and suggests more democracy. We lose 12 JD Sports and some Nandos and demand the army and rubber bullets
@directedbychris

„Madness of today summed up by a looter in Clapham who waited for the green man at crossing with a TV & laptop under his arms“
@SuperAffiliate

Here’s full footage of amazing #hackney matriarch confronting rioters, which I filmed last night http://t.co/xpZ2clG
@mattkmoore

Kingsland Road chaotic as Turkish men attack other, predominantly black, youths with sticks, metal barricades and bricks. #hackney
@paullewis

@dalstonisweird Gilbert&George’s restaurant safe; defending Turks being interviewed by Spain TV! http://yfrog.com/h674uomj
@CelebrityFish

/ponders/ I wonder if they will still pick up the recycling tomorrow? #middleclassworries
@katybeale

No one from the government was available to appear on #newsnight tonight to talk about the London riots
@BBCNewsnight

Recreational rioting, recreational governing.
@EssBarraclough

Phillip Blond now going on about „gang culture“. Yes, that’s right, the East End has only recently become home to gangs. Oh wait.
@alphabetofbeing

Here’s what the last 3 nights of #londonriots show: when the gov is on vacation, police has no strategy, cities burning: blame the phones
@wedaddy

right, really going to make an attempt at bed now. If I wake up and we’re under martial law, I won’t be surprised at all.
@entschwindet

@entschwindet Don’t worry – your dreams will probably be a set of ordered linear narratives. The balance has tipped.
@jjoelanderson