There is a direct line from "not immediately condemning hooligans marking out their territory with flags as wrong 'uns" to "pogroms on the streets of the UK". One was always going to lead to another. The best time to stop this was then, the next best time is now.
Not holding my breath though.
Gift link has run out but we've intervened at god level and made it free to read as it's a year old. www.ft.com/content/3862...
There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'.