You might think the massacre of Jewish civilians will stop anti-Jewish hatred in Britain. Or, if that is too much to ask, you might think that the atrocities would at least merit a decent period of silence before normal service resumed.

Not a bit of it. This morning, Dave Rich of the Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Jewish hate crimes, was reading reports that the windows of Pita, a kosher restaurant in Golders Green, had been smashed.