David-Cameron says "looters will no longer be able to cover-up"?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....er-able-cover-up.html

How pray, does he intend to do this?

Is he going to introduce a ban on hoodies, will that also include the Burka?

[carolegif]

You can hide a lot of loot under a burka!

[Bobbisox]

I think he's spouting out anything at the minute, a bit like his Deputy this morning on Sky News, evading the questions on Police cuts

[daisya]

Sure can carole, but as aog says, how will he stop people covering up? <waits with baited breath>

[ichkeria]

Police will apparently have the power to ask people to remove headgear if they are suspected of being with intent to commit a crime which seems sensible to me and I'm surprised they can't do this already.
Doubtless if someone was wearing a burqa and was acting similarly suspiciously they would also be alsked to remove it.
Didn't see TOO many burqa-wearers during the recent riots, but I may have missed them of course.

[Gromit]

Tug a Hoody.

He is going to give police officers discretionary powers that enable them to force people to reveal their faces if they believe a crime is in progress. Previously, the police have had no such power.

[carolegif]

I think he said that the police can rip off their masks and pull down their hoodies so they can see their faces. I've got a hoodie I wear to the gym - do you think they will arrest me? Especially as Virgin have just offered me a free Blackberry Curve. I could run down Paignton looting the charity and 99p shops! Not to mention QS and EWM!!

[sandyRoe]

Wouldn't they have to catch the hooded miscreant before asking him/her to remove their hood?

[biggerlonger]

bagsy it is not my job to go and tug a hoodie!

[ummmm]

As Gromit said....which I thought would be blatantly obvious.

[Gromit]

If such a rule also applied to anyone wearing a burkha who was committing a crime, then that would be fine by me.

[plautus]

Since when was David-Cameron a double-barrelled name?

[biggerlonger]

I don't want that job either!

[askyourgran]

Good idea to ban hooded clothing but I believe this was talked about before and nothing changed. btw you can hide a whole different sex orientation under a burqa never mind a few swords and knives etc., they were soft on this option before, unlike France. Perhaps they will agree now that it is an unnecessary peice of clothing.

[Brenden]

Agree askyourgran.

[ichkeria]

"Good idea to ban hooded clothing but I believe this was talked about before and nothing changed. btw you can hide a whole different sex orientation under a burqa never mind a few swords and knives etc., they were soft on this option before, unlike France. Perhaps they will agree now that it is an unnecessary peice of clothing."

"Banning hooded clothing" is not, as far as I am aware, on the agenda.
Lots of things are "unnecessary bits of clothing" .
I'm intrigued by the idea of hiding "a whole different sex orientation under a burqa". The mind fairly goggles!

[biggerlonger]

you sacrifice your liberties at your peril, once they are gone they do not return.

What has the burka got to do with the looting?, exactly how many people did you see in Burkas?

[Davethedog]

Talk is cheap Cameron is like every politician, he says what he thinks we want to hear, but nothing is done.

When you talk about the malaise of society, first place you should look at, is political statement. There is no responsibility, it been going on for at least 20 years. They get questioned, give a sound bite answer, promise action and nothing gets done.

I had high hopes of Boris Johnson (seriously) because he appeared to actualy write the cheques that his mouth wrote but in the last couple of months it appears he is as measly mouthed as his collegues.

[ichkeria]

"I had high hopes of Boris Johnson (seriously) because he appeared to actualy write the cheques that his mouth wrote"

That's an interesting expression. When it comes to writing cheques with one's mouth the Tories surely are the "dumb" party :-)