Orwell wrote about the phenomenon of doublethink: people who talk about peace when they mean war; who claim to be interested in truth while telling lies. I have to confess that this concept came to mind last week as I listened to liberals talking about “compassion” while solemnly avowing our obligation to honour the 1951 refugee convention. Do they not know, or do they conveniently forget, that the modern operation of this treaty has led to misery, criminality and suffering?
Historians will rightly point out that the treaty was a wonderful piece of international co-operation in the aftermath of the Second World War, but that doesn’t change the fact that it has become a powerful asset for criminal gangs and the tyrants of China and
