ID madness
GRANTING suspects anonymity until they’re charged, as the Supreme Court decreed, is not just wrong. It is sinister, dangerous and utterly chaotic.
A Tory MP’s arrest for alleged rape, and misconduct in public office, shows exactly why.
It certainly suits him and his family if he is not named in the Press or on TV.
If the case collapses, his privacy is theoretically protected and he emerges without a blemish.
It can also help prevent identification of his alleged victim, which is essential.
That said, naming suspects has in the past lent crucial weight to a case by encouraging other accusers to come forward (albeit that there is no suggestion of those in this instance).
But what too of the MP’s constituents and the wider public interest?
His electorate is effectively unrepresented in Parliament.
He cannot currently vote on their behalf, or take part in debates, even as a cost-of-living crisis pushes family finances to the brink and war rages in Europe.
Yet they apparently have no right to know that, though speculation is rife in the Wild West of social media.
What vulnerable voters COULD do, however, is turn up to a constituency surgery with a complaint about harassment or abuse of power — oblivious to what the man sat opposite is accused of.
The MP must be named and this shambles brought to a close.
Train wreckers
WE recoil at the sheer malice of a militant union giddily proud of its efforts to wreck families’ enjoyment of the Jubilee.
The RMT aims to close down two Tube stations and cause transport misery at the peak of next month’s festivities in London — all over a vendetta against a manager it dislikes.
“Our strike will cause significant disruption to people wishing to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee,” gloats RMT chief Mick Lynch with undisguised relish.
And the hard-Left still delude themselves that they’re the good guys.
God help Britain if their tame politicians ever retake power.
Tax attacks
BORIS Johnson needs to change course.
We don’t just mean by cutting taxes NOW, though that is a must.
But also by finding new ways to attack his opponents.
You cannot credibly berate Labour over its tax-raising past, Prime Minister, when YOU preside over the highest overall levels in 70 years.
Slash them.
Only then can the Tories reclaim their lower-tax mantle.
Most of the Cabinet know it’s vital, too, with inflation at a four-decade high and the poorest now terrified about bills.
Get on with it, Boris . . . both for families and firms.
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