Here we go again. Another example of how a good sound bite is more preferable to the truth in the devious depths of the Tory Party.
After the riots of 2011 a Troubled Families programme was established, spending £400m to turn around 120,000 troubled families. Hooray. And after just short of 99% of those families ‘turned around’, another £900m was added to help a further 400,000 families. Hooray, Yippee.
Except, except, except. A report was produced last autumn stating that the positive results may have been a little over-emphasised. That is, there was no discernible change. Suprisingly, the report wasn’t published.
And it was a certain David Cameron who shouted loudest about the success. The same Cameron who so over-egged the fear campaign against Brexit that it became a comedy of horrors.
The same Cameron who won the last election on the lie that the Labour Party are fiscally irresponsible. Based on what? A budget deficit that had saved the UK economy in the face of a global financial crisis.
The outright lies and blatant distortions have ensured that the Tories retain power at the expense of the majority, as always.
What is more worrying, however, is the speed that these crimes disappear from the news landscape.
It was news yesterday, gone today. What ever happened to the inquiry into Tory election expenses? What about the resignation Honours List cronyism? Or the Chilcot Report?
I have been, am and always will be a staunch supporter of a publicly owned BBC. But publicly funded should mean publicly responsible. Which means holding power to account until the answers are forthcoming.
Which I suspect will not be safe to hold my breath for.
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