Vote doesn't go your way? Riot.
It's so predictable and overused that the response has become and a little bit boring.
Lifted in toto from Business Today, India, July 1:
'Paris is burning': France fears civil war as left wing sparks riots amid defeat in first round of electionsPolice reinforcements flooded the streets, particularly around Paris's Place de la République, where clashes broke out between law enforcement and rioters carrying flares well into the early hours.
Rioting erupted in Paris last night as thousands of left wing activists set fire to debris, smashed shop windows, and launched fireworks following a decisive first-round victory for the far-right in snap parliamentary elections.
Police reinforcements flooded the streets, particularly around Paris's Place de la République, where clashes broke out between law enforcement and rioters carrying flares well into the early hours. All of this is unfolding as the Paris Olympics draw near, with just 25 days remaining until the opening ceremony.
And from the Daily Mail, July 1:
Shops are boarded up amid fears of left-wing riots as far-right National Rally WINS first round of snap French election: Humiliated Macron drops to third - Le Pen's party could be in power by the Olympics as she declares: 'Democracy has spoken'
Rioting engulfed the streets of Paris last night as thousands of enraged voters set light to rubbish, smashed up shop windows and launched fireworks after the far-right steamed to victory in the first round of snap parliamentary elections.
Hordes of riot cops were dispatched across the city, particularly in the French capital's Place de la République where the police clashed with flare-toting rioters into the early hours of the morning.
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) won some 33% of the vote, according to the Interior Ministry, followed by the left-wing New Popular Front alliance on 28% - with incumbent president Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance lagging in a distant third on just 20%....
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