Bringing regime change - one pudding at a time...

In times of revolution, the French reach for the Molotov cocktails while the British start thumbing through Delia's cookbook.

- with Richard Ord

When our neighbours across the Channel were told the retirement age was going to be raised from 62 to 64 there were riots on the streets.

A million protested, there were running battles with the police and workers went on strike.

When we're told our taxes are going up and Britain is broken, those prepared to take meaningful physical action grabbed their nearest mixing bowl and took the butter out of the fridge to soften.

How else do you explain the protest at the Tower of London in which anti-capitalist campaigners chucked apple crumble and custard at the Crown Jewels?