Via MT's linkfeed again, a spread of opinion from the UK press on the 'bling riots'.

My favourite is Philip Johnston in the Telegraph. The riots were -

- fuelled by pure greed, by a belief that something can be had for nothing. The usual brakes on such behaviour – either an appreciation that it is wrong, or by the prospect that the culprit will be caught and punished – are largely absent.

The reason being, of course, decades of Political Correctness Gone Mad. I wanted to avoid jumping on personal hobby horses, but it's hard not to think back to mention last week of other feral sections of society.

[Update 12.8.11: another Telegraph commenter making the same argument. Contrast to Peter Lilley (12:50pm) comparing looters to deficit doves.]