A deeply unsatisfactory pattern is emerging in the way the new Prime Minister approaches a crisis.
Labour’s egregious prisons early release scheme, predictably, has hit the buffers.
In response, Andy Burnham announced a review which led to certain categories of criminal being barred from receiving a sentence discount.
But his changes did not go far enough and now he’s scrabbling around for more in a most unstatesmanlike manner.
Downing Street has disclosed that ministers will look at three possibilities to free up space in the jails – all of which experts resoundingly conclude are complete non-starters.
The PM has even hinted at his frustration over
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