Dusty Wentworth

What Happens When Power Faces No Consequences? Imagine if a CEO squandered hundreds of millions of pounds on a project that never launched. Imagine if they handed multi-million-pound contracts to personal contacts without scrutiny, then walked away with a promotion. In the private sector, they'd face legal action, shareholder revolt, and professional disgrace. In British politics, they face none of the above. In the United Kingdom today, power is wielded without legal consequence. Ministers waste vast public sums, push through unworkable schemes, and mislead the nation—yet no one is prosecuted, fined, or held to account. This isn’t just negligence. It is systemic impunity. And it is morally unforgivable. Rwanda, PPE, HS2: A Catalogue of Unpunished Failure The Rwanda deportation scheme cost the taxpayer over £290 million. Not a single deportation flight ever took place. A Supreme Court ruling in November 2023 deemed the plan unlawful. The government responded by passing ...

As a veteran, I'm compelled to defend my fellow citizens, challenging a government that seems to forget its fundamental duty to those it serves. This isn't just about veterans; it's about every individual facing hardship in the United Kingdom – from the disabled and unemployed, to the hard-working citizens struggling in the face of a failing economy, which is, ultimately, the government's responsibility.  Before persecuting the average person in the street, before cutting benefits for the vulnerable, this government must first rectify its own systemic failings and address its own shocking lack of accountability. It’s not just the injustice of being unsupported as a disabled veteran—it’s the systemic rot that allows it to persist. Consider the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the very body meant to provide welfare and support for millions. Staggeringly, its accounts haven't been signed off in over 36 years. This shocking revelation, as confirmed by...

“It’s the political equivalent of putting a fox in your henhouse and asking it to count the chickens.” This is precisely the scenario unfolding with the newly announced review of Personal Independence Payments (PIP)—a supposedly impartial reassessment of the benefits system, led not by an independent body, but by the very minister who oversees it: Sir Stephen Timms, Minister of State for Social Security and Disability. The government wants us to believe this review is about fairness and modernisation. But from where I’m sitting—in a wheelchair I never planned for, navigating a system I never imagined I’d need—it looks more like a politically controlled damage limitation exercise than genuine reform. A Review Already Tainted The review, announced just days before Parliament passed the controversial welfare reform bill, is set to run until Autumn 2026. It was presented as a concession—a reason not to worry about proposed cuts to PIP. But let’s be clear: appointing...