I will never understand this mindset, which is pervasive among sections of the left. It essentially says that we should ignore the destruction of beautiful things, including handsome old public buildings, on the grounds that, hey, the government’s economic policy is also causing damage. What garbage. I suspect she wouldn’t display the same attitude if it were a mosque being burnt to the ground (not that anyone should defend the destruction of mosques).
A nice old building burns, and so the pearl-clutching begins. Where were these pearl clutchers when austerity was wrecking a generation? Why does one town hall grab their attention but millions of schools, hospitals, and homes dilapidated by neoliberalism are of no importance?