Déjà-lu in today’s Times — but where was the Spectator’s credit?

Mr S couldn’t help but notice that the Times made for familiar reading this morning. A leader titled ‘Ending the Exodus’ suggested that the government ought to ‘Give Syrian refugees the right to work and they will stay close to home’:

‘It is the apparent hopelessness of life in these camps that is propelling Syrians towards Europe. Over the years parents have seen children receive often skimpy education, their teenage boys drifting back to Syria to fight. Paternal authority is collapsing. Under the circumstances scraping together funds to pay people-smugglers appears a rational choice. The western priority should be to end the sense of hopelessness in the camps. Above all, these refugees from war must be given the chance to work.’

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Hear hear! Yet Steerpike had read a very similar — albeit more eloquent — version of the argument in this week’s issue of the Spectator.