Spontaneous Revolutionary Activity?

So, much to David Cameron's relief, the Libyan rebels have finally entered Tripoli. The sooner the whole Libyan debacle is over, the better for Dave - it will save him a few hundred million pounds in the ongoing military campaign to prove that William Hague isn't gay. I couldn't help but notice that they have a 'gang' problem in Tripoli though - as soon as the rebel forces entered the city, there was lots of news footage of looters cleaning out shops. Just goes to show, those spontaneous outbreaks of criminality aren't confined to England. Still, I have no doubt that Dave will be urging the new Libyan government, (if and when it is installed), to instruct their courts to deal very severely with these criminals. I think that the firing squad wouldn't be an unreasonable punishment for stealing bottled water - after all, we have to take into account the circumstances under which the crime took place, don't we? What would simply be a petty crime under normal circumstances would obviously be a capital offence when it takes place in the context of serious social, political and military unrest.

I can't help but feel that the London rioters should have taken a few lessons from the Libyan rebels. If only they had set up a 'National Transitional council' and declared that they were part of a spontaneous uprising against a despotic government which was victimising its own citizens, then they might have gotten some foreign governments to recognise them as the legitimate government of Britain. A UN resolution would have followed and, before they knew it, NATO warplanes would have been bombing strategic government-controlled facilities - like Downing Street - and strafing the Metropolitan Police as they tried to oppress the rioters. Obviously, they wouldn't have actually targeted David Cameron himself, but his constituency offices in Witney would undoubtedly have been considered a legitimate target. But sadly, none of this was to be. If only I'd taken my East European tank-buying holiday earlier...
(Again, for the benefit of any idiots reading this, that last reference is a joke, I'm not inciting the violent overthrow of the UK government. This post is merely a humourous story told for satirical effect.)