Hugo Rifkind Hugo Rifkind

Don’t fear the RIPA: regulations have to be enforced, sometimes even covertly

Hugo Rifkind gives a Shared Opinion

issue 29 May 2010

You can’t trust the disabled. A lot of them are faking it. In the last year, there were 16,535 blue badges and 21,000 free bus passes cancelled by local councils, due to fraudulent use. Bloody disabled. They’re having a laugh.

Imagine you were a local council. Don’t be squeamish. You can be a Tory one, if you like, from somewhere nice.

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