‘Cunning plan’ to tackle riots

LONDON police developed a ‘cunning plan’ to deal with last year’s student protests which led to the worst riots in the capital for decades and an attack on Prince Charles’s car, the BBC reported.

In a briefing paper, titled Students’ Action 8/9th December 2010, a senior unnamed officer wrote police needed to respond “quickly and effectively” to any outbreaks of trouble.

“To do this, we have developed a cunning plan: the essence of which is flexibility,” said the paper, according to the BBC which obtained a copy under the Freedom of Information Act.