Riots continue in London and spread to other parts of the country, with one fatality confirmed.
Prime Minister David Cameron recalls Parliament back from holiday to deal with the problem, villifies the 'criminality' of the rioters and vows to bring a greater show of force to put a lid on the explosion.
Many arrests have already taken place and Cameron acknolwedges the need for many law enforcement personnel.
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"We've been discussing actions that we will be taking to help the police to deal with the disorder on the streets of London," Cameron said.
"We will do everything necessary to restore order to Britain's streets. Scenes of people attacking police officers and fire crews, this is criminality, pure and simple, this has to be confronted and defeated."
His comments came as reports surfaced that a 26-year-old man who was shot in a car in Croydon, south of London, had died in hospital, making him the first casualty during the violence.
"It's quite clear that we need much more police on our streets and more robust police action. All leave within the Met police has been cancelled," Cameron added.
"People should expect to see many more arrests in days to come, these people will see consequences of their actions."
At least 525 people have been arrested as a consequence of the riots which escalated on Monday night, two days after a police station was attacked in the north London area of Tottenham following protests over the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man, Mark Duggan, by police.
Criminality, plain and simple, that must be confronted, plain and simple. How about confronting the problems that were the origin of this disaster? And here's a thought. Swarming the cities with a massive police presence, is surely going to cost more than the savings you generated from your austerity measures, which have now resulted in this widespread furor. Why not just take all the money you're going to spend 'confronting the criminality', and use it instead to confront the actual problem? For starters, by giving the rioters a job? You're going to be short on police officers; how about deputizing them as members of law enforcement? Maybe then they'll have something to do in this hot summer of discontent. Not to mention a paycheck.