I once protested against the G7. I feel no need now, because it’s collapsing all by itself | Zoe Williams

You cannot take a rules-based order seriously when only some of the participants are playing by the rules When 200,000 protesters gathered to meet the G8 summit in Genoa, 25 years ago, their point (our point, in fact; I went on a coach, it took two and a half days) was that eight rich nations shouldn’t dictate the rules to the rest of the world. If you accept that power concedes nothing without a demand, this demand probably sounds a bit broad, boiling down to “abnegate your power”. But it wa...

By Zoe Williams