émeutes à Londres

Gordon riots 1780  ( link en fraçais) ( link en anglais )

Hundreds of people ( 300 ) were shot dead to bring the insurrection to a close.

voir aussi The Riot Act 1715 suite aux  émeutes de Sacheverell

The Act was repealed on 18 July 1973 !

William Hogarth, Beer Street 1751

William Hogarth, Gin Lane 1751