I once protested against the G7. I feel no need now, because it’s collapsing all by itself | Zoe Williams (opens in new tab)

You cannot take a rules-based order seriously when only some of the participants are playing by the rulesWhen 200,000 protesters gathered to meet the , 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 was part of a wider a...