A top London-based Australian entrepreneur has dismissed poverty and a lack of employment opportunities as justification for the London riots.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | Through the destruction, violence and despair caused by the recent riots in the UK, there was one thing that brought a smile to my face – seeing all the love being sent from Down Under.

POLL POSITION | The judgement coming from our political elite levelled at the rioters in London has been severely misdirected, with little regard for the consequences of poverty entrenched by casual and systemically enforced classism.

Obscene pensions, climate change, war and increased tuition fees are all worth protesting, and I am proud to be part of a democratic society with the right to peaceful protest. However last week’s London riots were utterly mindless.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Some of the UK riot damage threatens to hurt smaller and independent music labels in Australia after the Sony music distribution warehouse in Enfield was burnt to the ground.

Australians in London have spoken of their terror following a third night of riots in the British capital.

Two Australian women caught in the London riots have told how a violent mob came from nowhere, surging towards police, leaving them and others injured.