Ah, here's the problem!

British politicians and bleeding heart liberals are protesting the sentences being handed down to the rioters.

Andrew Neilson, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "A four-year sentence would normally be associated with offences such as holding someone up at knife point, grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, and I'm not sure that the offence in question was really related to those types of offences."

A 4 year sentence is the norm for causing grievous bodily harm, armed robbery and rape? No wonder the rioters didn't fear reprisal.

Mr. Neilson, I suggest you ask the victims of last weekend's celebration how they feel about the sentencing guidelines.

In other riot news, there's nothing like stating the obvious:

A university student who has been jailed for taking part in Manchester's city centre riots was told by a judge he "should have known better".