If the Cabinet Office won’t help defend democracy, why should ordinary citizens do it? The wrong signal is being sent out.
The local Tory leader says that the police are turning a blind eye to the flouting of electoral law, public subsidies for mosques, and expressions of support for Hitler.
Plus: The CCHQ charm school. Disgraceful Livingstone. Untruthful Clegg. Nasty Russell Brand. Where I’ll be on election night. And: Advice to candidates for the count.
The consequences for the international order have been debated for decades, but, in contrast, little attention has been paid to this area.