Crying in the wilderness …

… PETER HITCHENS: We’re destroying the nation’s wealth – and the health of millions - Mail Online - Peter Hitchens blog. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Eventually there will be an accounting for this. It ought to be soon, and I hope it will be. But if not, it will be important that protests such as mine were made and heard at the time. Nobody will be able to say, when the much-needed inquiry eventually sits in judgment on these times and on those responsible, that criticism is just hindsight and that nobody pointed out at the time that a grave mistake was being made.