I am quite frightened. There have always been some unreasonable people in politics. However, the way in which the entire debate on benefits seems to be taking place entirely outside the realms of logic, seems unprecedented. The way in which evidence is openly sneered at, is nothing short of medieval. The End of Reason.
People going to work early in the morning were stopped outside a London tube station and “vox-popped” by Channel 4 News.
Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month
Content from our partners
