Arrogance and folly that could yet send us hurtling towards nuclear catastrophe

This is Peter Hitchens��� Mail on Sunday column

THIS would make a good TV thriller: a few years in the future, with the world in economic turmoil and the whole planet in a tense, uncertain mess, French-speaking Quebec finally breaks away from Canada in a dramatic, overwhelming referendum.

Canada grins and bears it. But then Quebec���s elected government is overthrown by ultra-nationalist fanatics, after violent riots in Montreal in which Chinese diplomats and politicians openly support the pro...