What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander is an old truth that one person or situation should be treated the same way another is treated.
So when Boris Johnson and Grant Shapps rightly demand that P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite quit for breaking the law, the PM is duty bound to resign for breaking Covid lockdown laws and the Transport Secretary should be leading calls for him to go.
Dubai-owned P&O’s instant mass sacking of 800 workers is a crime against decency and it is scandalous that Britain doesn’t have a legal system automatically ordering their immediate reinstatement with mounting fines to sink firms that disobey.
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But equally, as Covid infections head to record highs, lawmakers breaking rules they imposed with fear of punishment on the country must be held to the same account.
A Vlad insane
Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s return fire at deluded invader Vladimir Putin illustrated why we value democracy and the Kremlin tyrant hates freedom.
Debate can be harsh in Britain but we’re a world better than the regime of a despot who slaughters those who resist him and poisons or jails opponents.
With the war going badly for Russia in Ukraine, the rantings of Putin are increasingly deranged and the evil autocrat with blood on his hands must never win. If Putin were a Harry Potter character, he’d be Voldemort.
Duke dilemma
AS the royal tour from hell comes to an end in the Caribbean, Buckingham Palace should batten down the hatches rather than breathing an exhausted sigh of relief.
Just when some courtiers might’ve thought it couldn’t get worse, next week sex case settler Prince Andrew will be making a rare public appearance for a memorial service to remember the Duke of Edinburgh. The standing of the monarchy may rest or fall on whether the Queen is fit enough to attend.
