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Gesture politics doesn’t save women’s lives
LYNNE WALSH is unimpressed by the latest wazzackry from the government

THERE has been quite a flurry of government schemes recently, all claiming to tackle the evil of violence against women and girls.
Some offer a glimmer of hope, most move me to despair. The past week’s “Enough” campaign launched by the rarely sincere Priti Patel turned the air blue in our house.
This continual stream of initiatives calls to mind a cartoon where a body lies unconscious on the pavement, a crowd gathering around, with a lone homeopath elbowing to the front, shouting: “Let me through; I have arnica — and rosemary!”
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