Most likely, there aren't any policy implications. Paraphrasing Stalin, it's a tragedy not a statistic, and national government should be driven by statistics. In the meantime, the police need to inv… (View Post)
Funny you should mention the Lib Dems. There are currently 72 Lib Dem seats, pretty much all in traditionally Conservative areas. And Lib Dems are notoriously hard to shift, especially while they're … (View Post)
If it's local people struggling to process something utterly horrible and horrifying, they deserve some slack. And part of being the adult, the one in charge, is standing there absorbing the incohere… (View Post)
Here's the thing though. The previous government's approach was to put asylum seekers in legal limbo, but that still meant they were in the country. It's now clear that was costing a blooming fortune… (View Post)