我是直接从政府的紧急会议赶来的，会上我们刚刚讨论了将采取何种行动帮助警方处理发生在伦敦街头以及我们国家其他地方的骚乱。我已和伦敦警察总长以及内政大臣讨论过此事，大家应确信我们会尽一切努力恢复英国街头的秩序，以法律的名义维护其安全。
首先，我要强烈谴责我们已经在电视画面上和社区里所目睹的暴力场面。这些场面令人作呕：一些人在哄抢、破坏、偷盗、抢劫，还有一些人袭击警察，甚至袭击在灭火的消防队员。这是不折不扣、彻头彻尾的犯罪行为，必须被制止。我对于那些深受其害的家庭、被烧毁房子的无辜平民、眼睁睁看着自己的财产毁于一旦，产品遭哄抢，生意被毁的店家表示深深的同情。我也同情那些由于目睹我们国家街头骇人的暴力场景而惶惶不安的人们。大家应坚定不移地相信我们站在合法的一方。遵纪守法的人会对自己社区目前所发生的一切感到惊骇不已。
如以往一样，警方在对抗街头暴力的过程中显示了无与伦比的勇气，但很明显的是，我们需要更多的警力在街头抗暴，并且我们需要警方表现得更强硬一点，这也是我在今天早上紧急会议中所说的。伦敦警察总长说，比起昨晚伦敦仅有6000名警察的情况，今晚将有约16000名警员部署到位。伦敦警察总署的所有警察假期都已被取消。来自全国各地的后援警力将源源赶来，我们将尽一切努力加强警力以及为警方提供支援，帮助他们制止乱局。目前为止已有450人被逮捕。我们将加快司法程序的步伐，人们将在接下来的日子里看到更多的歹徒归案。我很确信政府已经坚决果断地决定伸张正义，不法之徒终将自食其果。
在此，我要明确地告诉那些应为自己的错误及犯罪行为负责的人，你们将感受法律的力量。你们将为自己所犯的罪行付出与自己年龄相符的惩罚。对于这些人我要说的是：你们所毁坏的不仅仅是别人的生活；你们所破坏的也不仅仅是自己的社区，你们也是在破坏自己的生活。
我的办公室今天早上已经和下议院议长谈过了，他同意周四重新召开议会，届时我将向议会发表讲话，以便大家展开讨论，所有人都可以在聚集在一起，谴责伦敦街头的暴行，同时讨论如何重建社区。 David Cameron's statement on the riots
I have come straight from a meeting of the Government's Cobra committee where we've been discuing the action that we will be taking to help the police deal with the disorder in the streets of London and elsewhere in our country.I've also met with the Metropolitan Police Commiioner and the Home Secretary to discu this further and people should be in no doubt that we will do everything neceary to restore order to Britain's streets and to make them safe for the law-abiding.
Let me first of all completely condemn the scenes that we have seen on our television screens and people have witneed in their communities.These are sickening scenes, scenes of people looting, vandalising, thieving, robbing, scenes of people attacking police officers and even attacking fire crews as they're trying to put out fires.This is criminality, pure and simple and it has to be confronted and defeated.I feel huge sympathy for the families that have suffered, innocent people who have been burned out of their houses and to busine who’ve seen their premises smashed, their products looted and their livelihoods potentially ruined.I also feel for all those who live in fear because of those appalling scenes that we’ve seen on the streets of our country.People should be in no doubt that we are on the side of the law-abiding.Law-abiding people who are appalled at what has happened in their own communities.
As ever, police officers have shown incredible bravery on our streets in confronting these thugs, but it’s quite clear that we need more, much more police on our streets and we need even more robust police action and it’s that that I’ve been discuing in COBRA this morning.The Metropolitan Police Commiioner has said that compared with the 6,000 police on the streets last night in London there will be some 16000 officers tonight.All leave within the Metropolitan Police has been cancelled.There will be aid coming from police forces up and down and the country and we will do everything neceary to strengthen and aist these forces that are meeting this disorder.There has already been 450 people arrested.We will make sure that court procedures and procees are speeded up and people should expect to see more, many more, arrests in the days to come.I am determined, the Government is determined that justice will be done and these people will see the consequences of their actions.
And I have this very clear meage to those people that are responsible for this wrongdoing and criminality.You will feel the full force of the law.And if you are old enough to commit these crimes, you are old enough to face the punishments.And to these people I would say this.You are not only wrecking the lives of others.You are not only wrecking your own communities, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.
My office this morning has spoken to the Speaker of the House of Commons and he has agreed that Parliament will be recalled for a day on Thursday so I can make a statement to parliament and we can hold a debate and we are all able to stand together in condemnation of these crimes and we are able to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities.
