Why do we still reward politicians and civil servants so lavishly for failure, or worse?
Bungle bungs
WHY do we still reward politicians and civil servants so lavishly for failure, or worse?
Groping Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher was fired and got £7,920 severance.
And that’s a drop in the ocean against the £1million in payoffs to aides ousted after Liz Truss’s disastrous but brief stint in power.
Some were only in No 10 a few weeks but got three months’ money.
One veteran mandarin she sacked, Tom Scholar, bagged a £335,000 payoff.
Ms Truss herself got £18,660.
Kwasi Kwarteng, her Chancellor, got £16,876.
Yes, blameless staff should be compensated if fired.
But these sums, all paid by taxpayers, are still mind-boggling.
Lawless Britain
THE new crime figures are dismal.
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Recorded offences are up five per cent.
Two in five are shelved without a suspect ever being found.
That rises to three-quarters for thefts.
Fraud and computer crime is up a staggering 50 per cent.
Just 2.1 per cent of rapes lead to a charge
Cops used to blame Tory austerity for robbing them of manpower — even though they clearly preferred policing social media than our streets.
But the Government has hit its target of recruiting 20,000 officers to reverse those cuts.
What’s the excuse now?
EU butt out
WE know the EU considers democracy a hindrance to be ignored whenever feasible.
But its shameful legitimising of the Argentine term “Malvinas” for the Falklands overlooks that almost every single soul there wishes to remain British.
When last asked, they said Yes by 99.8 per cent to 0.2 per cent.
Putin dreams of such one-sided polling.
The Falklands, 300 miles off Argentina, have been ours since 1833.
That’s how locals like it, and nothing else matters.
For our supposed EU friends to give credence to Argentina’s delusions, and stoke tensions for islanders, is a sickener.
Rwanda nod
NEVER believe for one second that Rishi Sunak’s Bill to send illegal migrants home or to Rwanda is unpopular.
It is backed in a major new poll by most people in all age groups, by Tory and Labour supporters and by Leavers and Remainers.
Overall, the survey’s respondents support it 54 per cent to 24.
Labour and its fans whine that the Rwanda deterrent is cruel and wrong.
They are out of touch except with Twitter.
Most of the public wants small-boat cheats booted out.
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They offend against Brits’ sense of fairness.
We hope the Supreme Court, set to rule on the Rwanda scheme, grasps that . . . even if Labour never will.