It was to be expected, since the "stability" of the world is yet again breaking. So desperate/reckless actions arise, that is how it goes. As for the racism/facism/whateverism, in the UK, think of it of a slowly heating kettle, nobody pays attention to it as it goes too slow, but they don't expect it to explode in vapor.
Yes, there have been commentsvand arguing around, but they are just on the edge of importance, and now that it blew up and its too late, the people, both the common and powerful ones have to deal with the consequences.

