Politicians should spare us the photo-op sympathy shows and admit guilt for rampant violent crime
15 December 2019 - 00:00
During the 1980s when Britain experienced an unusually high number of train and ferry disasters, prime minister Margaret Thatcher would often be seen, wielding her trademark handbag with TV cameras in tow, boundlessly walking hospital wards visiting groggy survivors. A running gag at the time was that people were too scared of being involved in an accident lest they get a visit from the Iron Lady...
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