To believe Theresa May has to stand down NOW

[Mitmoo]

I am watching Theresa May on television this morning and can't believe what I am hearing. I do not feel she knows what she's doing.

It goes like this from interviews this morning, this is Sky's.

May: "Rioters need to know their behaviour is not acceptable again officers looking through CCTV footage of thugs with their faces"

May: "Wait and see what sentences will be passed on these people".

May appeals for family and friends to shop the thugs.

May: Refuses to consider water cannon or army.

More May Madness: "I ask parents to ask where your children are and if they are out on the streets then stop it."

Stop it? This is her solution. She has to go, I hadn't got an opinion on her before this morning, but that woman has got to go.

The thugs are quaking in their boots. NOT

May: "They way we police in this country is by consent"

There is no consent you stupid woman.

Eammon Holmes: Peoples' consent is they want the army, the water cannon, and control to be restored. Will you give them the peoples consent?"

May: Getting rattled, "We police by consent and we ask the community blah blah blah."

May: "It's possible to cut the police budgets and still for the police to be effective."

The police are not effective what is she watching?

Eamonn not doing a bad job of questioning her, needs to be more hardline but best interview this morning.

She is saying she will stop this by asking for people to shop the rioters, having police look through cctv and the ones already arrested being in court.

I feel more frightened now than I ever did before listening to her.

I want someone in who will take decisive action, get the army in put a curfew in place to back up the police.

For goodness sake, let's take off the kid gloves and see some sort of robust policing. Watching the riot police making little rushes and then retreats before crowd of stone throwing yobs does not fill anyone with confidence.

As an aside, I like the idea of spraying the looters and rioters with indelible red dye. With corroborating evidence (eg possession of stolen goods, CCTV footage) it should make it easier to at least easier to catch the culprits red handed .

"It will also require martial law to be declared".

No, it's covered under the 1964 Emergency Powers Act. I think the version that would apply here is MAGD. It's essentially the same provision which allowed the military to take over critical roles in the fire fighter and ambulance strikes. Any military personnel deployed would remain subject to both civilian and UK law, and do not acquire the full range of powers vested in the civilian police.

DH has always liked the idea of bringing back the village stocks. Lock them in and let their victims taunt and abuse them for a few days. This was after we had been part of hard fundraising to get new playground equipment for our community and two days after it was all installed the whole lot was set on fire and the charred remains sprayed with obscene images and words. Some parents were in tears and DH wished the kids who did it had been caught and handcuffed to the park railings for a few days - given some basic water and dry biscuits but left to answer to the people they had hurt. I am seeing his point of view....

The Met needs to take a page from the US policing handbook: Looters will be shot.

The only reason it's continuing is because they have no fear of the police or the consequences.