Mark Steyn in the Telegraph:

These days, even as he or she is being clobbered, the more thoughtful British subject is usually keeping an eye (the one that hasn’t been poked out) on potential liability. Four years ago, Shirley Best, proprietor of the Rolander Fashion emporium, whose clients include Zara Phillips, was ironing some clothes when the proverbial two youths showed up. They pressed the hot iron into her flesh, burning her badly, and then stole her watch. “I was frightened to defend myself,” said Miss Best. “I thought if I did anything I would be arrested.” There speaks the modern British crime victim….

The right to protect your family does not derive from any home secretary or chief constable.

(”An Englishman’s Home Is His Dungeon”, Dec. 7). (& letter to the editor, Mar. 15).

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