Britain like 'a coiled spring' January 24 2003 at 01:38PM London - British society is "like a coiled spring" over the issue of asylum seekers, said Home Secretary David Blunkett on Friday, adding that he is worried about people "taking the law into their own hands". Blunkett's comments, published in the left-wing weekly New Statesman, came as a racist party took a local authority seat - its fifth so far - in a by-election in northern England. "I'm worried about tension and frustration spilling over into the disintegration of community relations and social cohesion. I'm worried about people taking the...