There are two main objections to the government’s decision to deny justice to the so-called Waspi women. The first is the substance of it – it is neither morally nor legally defensible. The second is the manner of it – raising and then dashing hopes in an almost callous manner.
Pat McFadden, the secretary of state for work and pensions, is only the latest minister – his Conservative predecessors were no better – to do the wrong thing for the wrong reasons.
