The Tories are suffering from Dorries syndrome: paranoia steeped in denial | Rafael Behr

A party that is out of ideas and afraid to admit its mistakes finds comfort in pursuit of traitors, scapegoats and in conspiracy theory Righteous indignation is an appropriate response to bad government, except when it comes from the cabinet, in which case it is absurd. Suella Braverman is right that the failure of police to investigate thefts is "completely unacceptable" and the comment would have been a stinging rebuke to the relevant minister if it had come from someone other than the home se...