Wrath of the welfare state

It’s funny what gets people’s attention. A few thousand feral rioters try to smash everything in London they can’t steal or burn and suddenly everyone’s worried about the direction our lack of civilization is taking. You may be thinking those riots were pretty major. But not compared to 40 years of social and economic dislocation that led to them. Click here to read the rest.

ColumnsJohn Robson