Protectively Vacant

By making lots of pious noises about protecting rape and trafficking victims while doing less than nothing in the way of genuine help, Fishy Rishi's administration has delivered another blow to the legacy of Tumbledown Tessie; or, in Oldspeak, has faithfully continued where the ghastly old bag left off. Rather than take the unnecessary trouble of appointing a victims' commissioner and an anti-slavery commissioner, and then risk their ingratitude over dodging scrutiny and transporting victims of modern slavery to Rwanda, Fishy Rishi has chosen the more economical route of simply letting the posts lie vacant. With bills going through Parliament that are designed to take Whitehall's assault on the vulnerable to sublime new levels, it hardly seems prudent or grown-up to spend taxpayers' money on the wrong kind of tokenism.