Will the Riots Change Anything?

16,000 policemen on the street last night obviously had the desired effect and something of the same needs to be done tonight in the other trouble spots around the country. I am going to stick my neck out and say we have seen the worst of this display of criminality, for which there is no excuse. The result is going to be a change of attitude to disturbances of this kind since we have learnt the lesson that by being sentimental about the undeserving poor does not bring respect but the opposite with knobs on. Cameron gave a good speech again today but Boris let himself down by questioning the need for police reform. The police need to go back to their roots and for a start need to drop their ridiculous logo. They are not here to serve the public but to protect them and their property. They can easily reorganise themselves to ensure more of them are seen on the street. As the focus on the riots dissipates over the next day or so we can look at other issues that effect us of which the euro is the most significant. Lord Flight has written an excellent piece about these two issues on the ConservativeHome blog http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2011/08/lord-flight.html .  That these are the two most important issues facing us today has been recognised by the government as the debate tomorrow in Parliament is not only about the riots but also about the economy.