British Phlegm illustrated

Reading the following article on the BBC website concerning yesterday afternoon’s rioting in London, I came accross these paragraphs which perfectly illustrate British Character:

As protesters surged, a succession of windows were smashed and demonstrators flooded into the entrance.

Security guards scattered and the handful of police inside were completely overrun. As the police tried to stop them, protestors clicked a battery of cameras in their faces.

A few yards away, in surreal calm, guests carried on eating in the adjacent Pizza Express.

It was a bizarre sight inside the building.

The full article is here.