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When news reports suggest that horrific events are taking place in Britain, I usually find that a telephone call to my mother cuts them down to size.

Television reports about the 1981 Liverpool riots (which were taking place in a downtown district called Toxteth) worried me but I found her unperturbed.

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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When news reports suggest that horrific events are taking place in Britain, I usually find that a telephone call to my mother cuts them down to size.

Television reports about the 1981 Liverpool riots (which were taking place in a downtown district called Toxteth) worried me but I found her unperturbed.