Theatre of the Absurd
Just for those of you keeping track of these things:
250 armed officers mounting a dawn raid on one house to arrest two people, shooting an innocent man, terrifying their neighbours, closing down entire road and subsequently tearing the house apart, all in full view of the world’s media = “doing what is necessary”
Quietly requesting that someone come to a police station, arresting him, questioning him for a few hours and releasing him again = “theatrical”
For some reason, I can’t shift from my mind the image of this government as an Edwardian lady of the manor - fanning herself furiously, fainting and then retiring to her bed for three days, because some grubby little oik suggested she might care to inspect the pig sties. “Oh, it’s all too horrible…”
UPDATE: Ah, seems Chicken Yoghurt made the same joke about four hours before I did…
