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THE SUN SAYS
The West is not innocent in the slaughter of Syria’s civilians — but no one has blood on their hands quite like Vladimir Putin
Sick Syria spin
THE sheer barbarity of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s chemical assault in Eastern Ghouta is astounding.
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It makes the shamelessness of his closest ally, Vladimir Putin, even harder to stomach. Just like with the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal, Vlad and his cronies claim the whole thing is a set-up.
The only thing that’s staged is their mock sympathy for the dozens of children whose lives ended on a cold, hard hospital floor. The West is not innocent in the slaughter of Syria’s civilians.
Through a combination of ignorance, cowardice and — disgracefully — political calculation, everyone from Barack Obama to Ed Miliband turned a blind eye to the unfolding horror.Assad’s Iranian enablers are up to their neck in it, too.
But none of them have blood on their hands quite like Putin, who has propped up his Syrian stooge to strengthen Russia’s global position. Putin’s a KGB man, and like an ageing football manager, he’s simply reached for the old-school tactics which have served him so well in the past.
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We’ve seen it in Georgia, Crimea, Syria — and Salisbury. He sows enough confusion about his guilt and his motives that he can get away with, quite literally, murder.
That’s what makes the useful idiots who refuse to condemn Russia so dangerous.
When Jeremy Corbyn offers up Kremlin talking points in the Commons, or when his fellow Marxist MP Chris Williamson does the same on Russian State TV, it gives Putin the chance to push the boundaries of decency and international law yet again.
This isn’t some harmless Bond movie.
The stakes are all too real.
PC policing
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THE police might have a case for more cash, but they need to spend their existing funds more wisely first.
They’ve pretty much stopped investigating burglaries and assaults, and instead whole new teams are concocted to investigate jokes on Twitter or long-dead politicians for historic crimes.
It’s no wonder violent gangs run amok.
The Home Secretary must demand top cops get their priorities straight.
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Park and snide
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RIP-OFF parking charges for hospital patients and relatives are cruel enough but for staff they must be a real sickener.
These are people working anti-social hours, often unable to use public transport, being taken to the cleaners by their own bosses.
The Government has talked a good game for years on ending this naked cash-grab. But where’s the action?
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