Sally Jones was a hate-filled psycopath – and she needed to be taken out
It would be terrible if her young son died in the strike which killed her - but the fault lies entirely with her
PREPARE for the barrage of hand-wringing outrage over the probable drone killing of terrorist Sally Jones. We will not join in.
It will be terrible if her young son has died with her, as is feared.
But the fault will lie entirely with Jones. She took JoJo from his safe life here, exposed him to appalling danger, brainwashed him, allegedly let him be turned into a child executioner and routinely used him as a human shield.
She was a hate-filled psychopath who via social media incited countless people to commit terror attacks for IS.
Every day, she remained a threat to innocent lives in Britain and America.
Arrest, in that hellish war zone, is not an option. Jones had to be taken out.
Fix handouts
THERESA May needs to fix Universal Credit fast.
We back this system. It is much simpler than a bewildering array of handouts. And it incentivises work over dole.
But the Tories need to understand what a six-week delay in a payment means to someone with literally no money: hunger, eviction, food banks and loan sharks.
The Government must ensure every claimant can get cash within a day or two of switching to the new benefit.
And it must end the scandalous 55p-a-minute charge for the Universal Credit helpline. Who thought it a good idea to fleece our poorest as they call for help?
The idea behind Universal Credit is admirable. The execution, so far, is not.
Be ready, Phil
FIRST the Chancellor says there’s no need yet to commit money to preparing for a “no deal” Brexit. Then he says it could ground all planes to and from the EU.
That strikes us as a disaster we should plan for now.
Theresa May was right to order him to free up funds. One sure way to focus EU minds on making a deal is being fully ready to walk away without one.
Philip Hammond doesn’t want to spend a penny he doesn’t have to. OK.
But he would be grossly negligent to leave it too late to prepare for the worst.
Rogue state
FOR proof Turkey has descended into dictatorship, consider its monstrous suppression of free speech and the jailing of journalists.
Ayla Albayrak of the Wall Street Journal quoted a Kurdish fighter in a balanced story about the ongoing civil war.
She got more than two years’ prison for “spreading propaganda”, joining 180 or so reporters similarly accused.
The world should, as one, condemn President Erdogan.
It is still incredible David Cameron and others lobbied for Turkey to join the EU.
