Don’t mistake rebel Tory MPs' sudden interest in the brutality of the whipping system for a desire to see it meaningfully reformed, writes Ash Sarkar; the problem being highlighted is the incompetence of the whip’s office under Boris Johnson, not its existence.
Upon Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction, many pundits aired their shock and disbelief that a well-known ‘socialite’ had ever become involved in the sexual abuse of teenagers. This misses the point, argues Joana Ramiro: wealth and power is precisely what helps wealthy and powerful abusers abuse.
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