Question about the rioters

[RedVanYellowVan]

Just reading about the riots and how some rioters are in custody.

How does it work with those who are employed? Does their time away from work come out of annual leave, or is it unpaid leave?

Do some employers just sack them? Either for being in custody, or if they are simply known to have been rioting? Can employers even do that?

Just curious really.

Seriously?

These are home grown scum

I saw a lovely little thread on twitter where some scumbag was posting things about wanting to bomb Muslims and other such grossness and the twitter mob found his LinkedIn and sent his tweets to his employer. Hopefully the bastard gets sacked.

They are likely unemployed (probably unemployable), uneducated and very, very stupid and senseless. I do however think it's very unpleasant and really wrong to imply that "tradesmen" or people in more "menial" jobs are more likely to be rioters. It's about being a good, decent person/horrible scum, it's not about the job a person does. They may not be rioting but i'm sure some doctors and lawyers etc will agree with the "sentiment ' behind the riots

I'm always surprised at the number of young males who can seemly attend a protest on a weekday morning with little prior notice.

I do wonder if part of the issue is their lack of employment and opportunities- thinking that they have nothing to lose.