Half-witted at best, a people-pleaser at worst: step forward, Chris Philp | John Crace

Responding to Shabana Mahmood’s changes to indefinite leave to remain, the shadow home secretary was detached from realityBetter late than never. It had seemed as if some apologies from the prime minister were more sincere than others. The one that he has planned to deliver for Britain’s role in the slave trade at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in…