Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.
Polly ToynbeeOne in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions crippling enough to prevent them living normal lives.
Polly ToynbeeBut the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.
Polly ToynbeeCrime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless.
Polly Toynbee