Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall | Rafael Behr

The language of bureaucracy, while rarely poetic, sometimes has a sinister eloquence. Residents on board the Bibby Stockholm, the barge moored in Dorset to house asylum claimants, are

by the Home Office as “non-detained” persons. They are not imprisoned, but nor are they free.

Occupants of the vessel can travel to places “agreed with local agencies” on special buses provided by the Home Office. They are not subject to a…