Begging is a crime in England, and the number of prosecutions has greatly increased in recent years.

To ban begging could be acceptable in a society that offers everyone (without exception) some decent alternative. Under a starve-the-poor government, this is just one more nail in destitute people's coffins.

The Tories have spread a "climate of fear" in the NHS; staff that see bad patient care are afraid to report it.

This is coherent with the Tory goal of cutting the NHS as much as possible. The less people realize how bad the consequences are, the farther they can go.