Boris Johnson must give more of his vision for our future and widen the attacks on Corbyn
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IS anyone still in doubt why Boris Johnson enjoys such a poll lead as “best Prime Minister” over Jeremy Corbyn?
The Labour leader’s confidence before last night’s TV debate was misplaced.
The audience openly jeered his woeful inability to say if he would back Leave or Remain at the second referendum with which he intends to betray 17.4million people. He literally has no position on the biggest national issue since 1945.
Boris nailed Labour’s lies about the Tories “selling the NHS” to Donald Trump, with a crystal clear assurance.
Corbyn was then mocked again when he claimed imposing a four-day week on all workers, including in the NHS, would magically increase productivity.
And, staggeringly, he even blustered over whether he considered keeping the UK together important. He isn’t sure.
This first debate shone little light. Neither leader could utter more than a frantic soundbite before being shut down by the host.
A “quickfire” round then made answers even more farcical. ITV’s format was absurd.
If Boris fell flat, it was with his fixation with turning every question to Brexit. He must give more of his vision for our future and widen the attacks on Corbyn.
There is so much more to go at.
NHS horror
WHO has carried the can for the heartbreaking failures in the gravest maternity scandal in NHS history? No one.
Dozens of babies and mothers dying avoidably. More than 50 others permanently brain damaged. Forty years of failure. Epic incompetence. Casual, callous disregard towards babies and parents. An inability to learn. Has anyone been prosecuted? No. Sacked? No.
As Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt was driven by exposing failure and learning from mistakes. This probe he launched has unearthed the biggest failure yet.
How has no one ever been held accountable for a scandal which has gone on under so many governments?
This and the horrors at Morecambe Bay and Mid Staffs give the lie to those who treat the NHS as a sacred religion. For all the dedication of most of its staff, it is still capable of monstrous cruelty.
That will continue until culpable NHS Trust chiefs and hospital managers are put in the dock. Police must now step in.
Parole victory
WE applaud the Tory pledge to open up parole hearings to the criminal’s victims.
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It is a great step forward for open justice and common sense and a victory for The Sun which has campaigned for it.
The rotten, secretive system which allowed a panel of anonymous halfwits to be taken in by John Worboys’ slick lies about his rapes and his affected remorse needs reinvention.
Prioritising victims’ rights over offenders’ is hugely welcome and long overdue.
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