David Cameron’s convictions are best expressed in anger. Cameron exuded an air of
the patrician yesterday with his righteous moral certainty. This may have made some observers squirm, but
others would have seen this seething performance as the essence of leadership in crisis. Cameron is likely to sustain this tone in parliament today. He will say that there is a
“sickness” in our society and set out his plan for curing the malaise.
The political class has already offered the government a panoply of options to pursue, but the coalition is expected to stand by its current course of education and welfare reform; if anything, these riots confirm their necessity. There might be some changes to the local government funding settlement, with the government promising councils a package to rebuild infrastructure in affected communities and bringing forward powers to evict criminal tenants.
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