Civilizations have always understood that looters were criminals and looting a sign of civil decay. A chorus of commentators has sought to justify looting since the riots precipitated by the death of George Floyd, however. Frank Furedi, writing in Spiked, argues that adopting the philosophy of violence must eventually overwhelm democracy itself.
Yay Brexit!
Brendan O’Neill in Spiked enthuses that Brexit is superior to just about anything else in the world. “There should be street parties” on the 10th anniversary of the popular vote to withdraw from the EU, he writes. “Let the bells peal for that momentous day when in our millions we said No to globalism.” The continuing surfeit of saboteurs and naysayers among Britain’s “idiot elites”, O’Neill snorts, are gripped by Brexit Derangement Syndrome.
