""One of the gentlemen interviewed on telly about the Tottenham violence asserted that a significant portion of the violence was done by people who were not in fact from the Tottenham area.

My question is, what drew them in to the area? Was this a coordinated, instigated mob event?""

It's really very simple Amos.

The family of a gangster who fired a gun at police officers trying to arrest him was shot, a common occurrence in the US but not in the UK.

The Police Complaints Authority were slow to engage with the family and explain the circumstances.

This led to a peaceful demonstration, which was hijacked by thugs whose only purpose was to destroy property and loot shops.

HD television sets cost a fortune over here, so if you want one for free it's a good idea to start a riot, loot the shops, then burn them out so they they can't tell what was nicked.

I predicted, on the night of the Tottenham riot, that this would spread, and it looks as though I got it right because, to date, we've had looting in Enfield , Hackney, and Croydon, and I'm wondering where it will stop. Maybe Cornwall, or the Scottish border?

Don T.