No Room for Blame

So concerned is Her Majesty's Government with what is happening in Britain that even the Home Office will occasionally notice, provided of course that what happens is sufficiently calamitous. Having spent the past eight years presiding over a boom in homelessness, the Government issued new guidelines at the beginning of this year specifying that local authorities should not target people for sleeping rough; although they can of course be targeted for being antisocial, behaving suspiciously or physically resembling an illegal immigrant with intent to cause a dilution of Britishness. Despite this laudable concern for fair play, it appears that certain uncharitable councils are handing out fines and prison sentences as though every day were a royal wedding day. A Home Office spokesbeing was at pains to emphasise that the Home Office is not responsible for such unfortunate occurrences, since the Government has stated its commitment to supporting the vulnerable and disadvantaged, and therefore bears no blame whatever for any Government policies that may happen to deliver them a good kicking instead.