Government still exists post-SHTF

[grumpy old man]

bp
i understand what your saying but my point is
in the old days law and order for what it was, was controled by the kings army they understood that they need more men but to achive this they joined forces with other want to be kings but because the king had a bigger more armed army they the want to kings joined forces and to make the deal sweet the king give land and other perks to the want to be kings remember harts and minds the gov use it still.
now move foward to present time and with the small army we have the gov could secure london easy they would use leathel force like syria .
now to help, the gov would use mercs and gangs giving the power and a legal stamp. now you can say that the local junkies leader wouldn't back the gov but if the had the thought of keeping power and becoming something when control is restored just for helping the gov and still taking what they wanted and passing some down to london then they would.
thats how the gov would keep control in tshtf also given the gov has loads of bullets now when they start shooting then 95% of the people will comply because the have no brains just look at how the laugh at use it's because they are sceared and want big daddy to look after them?
it's not how many people you kill it's who you kill that counts.
the reason the riots went that way was because the world was watching and the gov didn't want to look like syria or china and the idiots where robbing shop not attacking the gov that's why it was left but plans where being put in place to bring it under control and afterwards look how fast people were dragged in the courts and harsh punishments given out compaired to what people get when no riots happened.
i grew up in one of the worst parts of newcastle and know how it is and moved out in the middle of nowhere for my kids but i'am in and out of the big cities every week and still switched on.
also unless the world fell apart then the gov could ask america, europe, ussr or china for help