What followed was not, as has been described in the media “a riot”. What occured, as the Black Bloc made its way through the epi-centre of Britain’s consumer culture, in a calm, determined and, under the circumstances, rational manner, bordered on pure theatre. It might resemble a riot on the surface. But it was, in truth, the collective creative act of the people striving to redefine the status quo through shared emotional experience.

There may be such a thing as conservative satire after all.