Our first duty is to keep people safe
I'm very tired of that old chestnut - the best way to achieve that would be to lock us all up for our own protection.
And given that successive British governments have covered up renditions, torture, extra-judicial killings, undercover police malpractice whilst simultaneously crying "nanny state" whenever there is an attempt to deal with alcohol abuse, smoking or obesity, politicians clearly don't believe it either.
Maybe they should lock themselves up for our own protection.