It should be clear where the blame for last night’s violence lies

The behaviour of those protesting the booze ban on the Tube last night was disgraceful. Those who assaulted Tube staff and police officers should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

The reaction of the RMT, though, is bizarre. Rather than pinning the blame on the perpetrators, it has decided that it was the Mayor’s fault for banning alcohol on public transport in the first place.  

This mindset which always blames the supposed provocation rather than those actually responsible for the actions is one of the great ills of our time. The moral responsibility for last night’s disgraceful scenes lies squarely with its perpetrators.