After a self-evidently shocking night of live riot news, Leana Hosea spoke to some female looters at 9:30am this morning, Tuesday 9.

Leana Hosea speaks to Croydon looters on @bbcworldservice (mp3)

They say they enjoyed the events last night, that they organised activity over BlackBerry Broadcast, and they say ‘all of this happened because of rich people with businesses’ - even though they are employees of local business, and blame a government who they clearly do not understand:

Girl 1: It’s the government’s fault. Girl 2: Yeah… I dunno. Girl 1: Conservatives! Girl 2: Yeah, whatever, who it is, I dunno. Girl 1: It’s not even a riot, it’s about showing the police we can do what we want.

So they don’t even know what government they’re claiming to fight against?

We can all tell this is pure criminality exploiting the police who are distracted in London, but I think this interview proves more than the fact the looters can’t properly justify their actions.

It shows they are not even informed of the real reasons their corner of society is facing difficulty in 2011.

Punk music used to communicate a message about society and government. What does the music today consist of? Political activism, or seeing personal gain?