Philpott – Welfare and homicidal tendencies

My paper reports that George Osborne makes a link between Philpott’s homicidal behaviour and his receipt of welfare benefits.

That is an interesting link and one, that perhaps is rooted more in the surrealism of Osborne’s thought processes than anything that resembles reality.

The trial judge was correct. She said that Philpott lacked ‘any moral compass’.

I’ll go a stage further. Philpott’s behaviour, before, during and after the trial was the essence of the behaviour of a sociopath. A person lacking completely in feeling and empathy for anyone but himself.

His reward is to be kept in idleness and comfort for the next seventeen years. Truly, are the ends of Justice served.