Life's a riot on the couch with Eamonn Holmes

I was on Sky News this morning doing the paper review in the breakfast TV slot hosted by Eamonn Holmes, two hits just before 7 and just before 8.

Naturally it's wall-to-wall coverage on the riots. Naturally, people are outraged at the complete disregard and wanton vandalism. On what response should be taken with young people, Eamonn asked me: "Ravi, are you a carrot or a stick man". I replied, in my caffeine-charged, high-adrenaline state: "I am a carrot AND a stick man". As one of my press picks, I had chosen Emma Duncan's column in The Times because I felt she summed up the situation pretty well: "Those on the Left will argue that we should focus on spreading the benefits of prosperity, pointing out that Britain is a pretty unequal country....those on the Right will argue for strengthening the threat of force .... as for me, I don't have time to work out what I think right now. I am too busy dealing with the consequences of the breakdown of social order. The children have to be shipped off to stay with friends, the car is out of diesel and the petrol station has been torched."