Rather than eroding that protection, it should be strengthened. There should be more power to challenge excessive spending.
There could be constituencies where the majority is smaller than the numbers turned away.
The rush towards Something Must Be Done should be paused. How about having a fresh look at ethics and values, as well as the concept of trust?
Offering extra billions to town halls from Whitehall, shows a reluctance to face up to tough choices.
If the Prime Minister doesn’t have confidence in his most senior Ministers, it’s impossible to see how anyone else can.
The place to put these proposals to the test is at a general election, not in a Parliament apparently determined to do little other than delay Brexit.
When asked for it, the three MPs presented none. The reason is simple: this supposedly sinister entryist army does not exist.
The more one thinks about it, the more problematic it becomes.