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People should not fear riots if brexit is cancelled.
Riots require critical mass to generate sufficient concentration of numbers.
This is why they happen in London but not small towns.
On any issue, a tiny % (far less than 0.1%) of people riot.
Imagine 0.1% in a town...
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Riots require critical mass to generate sufficient concentration of numbers.
This is why they happen in London but not small towns.
On any issue, a tiny % (far less than 0.1%) of people riot.
Imagine 0.1% in a town...
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Stoke: 260 rioters
Slough: 150 rioters
Kings Lynn: 43 rioters
Grimsby: 88 rioters
And so on.
These are numbers well above the typical turnout rate for a riot from within a population - and are unlikely to generate anonymity effects for crowd behaviour.
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Slough: 150 rioters
Kings Lynn: 43 rioters
Grimsby: 88 rioters
And so on.
These are numbers well above the typical turnout rate for a riot from within a population - and are unlikely to generate anonymity effects for crowd behaviour.
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Larger cities are different.
e.g.
Birmingham: 1,100 rioters
London: 8,800 rioters
This reaches critical mass that can snowball. Hence riots happen sometimes.
But these are not leave heartlands and have police authorities experienced with protests and crowds.
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e.g.
Birmingham: 1,100 rioters
London: 8,800 rioters
This reaches critical mass that can snowball. Hence riots happen sometimes.
But these are not leave heartlands and have police authorities experienced with protests and crowds.
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