Following the death of toddler Andrew Morton, who earlier this year was killed by a nutter firing an airgun, the government has decided to further restrict sales of airguns:
The UK Government is to impose tighter controls on airguns following the murder of Glasgow toddler Andrew Morton, BBC Scotland has learned.
The Home Office could confirm as [...]

When one learns that George Monbiot has murder, venereal disease and marital breakdown in mind, one would be well advised to lock up daughters, cats, dogs, ferrets and other domesticated animals, and hope for the best. When one learns, however, that he has these things in mind only in abstract consideration of their connection to [...]

This much is obvious, isn’t it? In 2003, what faced the Blair government in Iraq was a binary choice between two lemons. To invade or walk away: two poor options. It’s hardly surprising they chose badly. But what has happened since the invasion proves something wholly unintentional, and maybe unexpected: political repression works.