"Early release of dangerous criminals has gone too far and the Government should take responsibility" - Edward Garnier for the Tories.
"It's really about making profits for a caring service and I don't think we should embark on that" - Labour's Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) hits at proposed changes to the probation service.
"I put my arms around a hoodie when I was on the parliamentary police scheme, that was to hold him until the officer came to put the cuffs on. That's the only time that they should receive a hug of any sort" - Tory David Davies (Monmouth), responding to a Labour challenge over Conservative leader David Cameron's policy.
"While everyone wants to see the troops come home as soon as possible, an explicit timetable as suggested by the Iraq Survey Group risks ... creating more instability not less" - shadow defence secretary Liam Fox.
"Great Marlborough Street court was for all the shoplifters from Oxford Street; Horseferry Road for the occasional Westminster School boy and a great many other shoplifters from the Army & Navy Stores; and, quite frankly, Bow Street was sex." - former Westminster JP and Tory ex-minister Baroness Trumpington.
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Can we please send Liam Fox on a fact-finding expedition to Iran....Tadzhikstan...Iran...Tadzhikstan... Iran...........
Not sure what David Davies is trying to achieve by such an 'off-brand' comment.
You can despise NuLabour for their on-message control freakery.
But we know damn well that those shysters at the Daily M@!l spending their days looking for cracks in the messages party leaders, their top team and their minions are sending out.
If Cameron can't enforce it, then he shouldn't be saying.
If he can enforce it, he should be sacking the dissidents.
"I did not realise there were that many prostitutes in Ipswich"
Anonymous poster on Guido.
Do you think the serial killer will turn out to be some sad paranoid schitzophrenic patient that has slipped through he system?? Or worse, that some incompetant pysche has let out of the secure hospital??
A prime example of the policies of this government over released prisoners is Francis Lee, convicted of murdering 14 year old Jason Swift he was released to live within half a mile of a primasry school. No doubt supported by a do good social worker.
If politicians support these schemes they should allow prisoners released early to be housed close to themselves.
"Early release of dangerous criminals has gone too far and the Government should take responsibility" - Edward Garnier for the Tories.
Gone too far?
Why is there any "early release" for dangerous criminals?
I believe it's an intentional and sinister programme and it is to intimidate the citizenry and make them ever more dependent on the "goodwill" of the police.
The police in England only help people as a favour nowadays. Just like in the Third World.
God. The Tory's are so bloody useless on Iraq. Since when was 'bringing stability' the purpose of our presence there?
Purpose 1. - WMD. OOps, sorry our mistake.
Purpose 2. - Never mind, lets remove an 'evil dictator' and make the world safe for democracy instead (and never mind who put him there in the first place). Oops the Iraqis don't seem to appreciate our selfless sacrifice on their behalf.
Purpose 3. - Iraq must not be allowed to become a safe-haven for 'Al-Quada' terrorists (never mind that it was already one of the ME's biggest bulwarks against just that until we stuck out noses in)
Purpose 4. - Ah well, the least we can do is 'bring stability' before we think up another 'purpose' or just learn to mind our own damn business and go home.
'Bring stability' eh? - what a load of sanctimonious twaddle. And with a ring rather like that other sanitised euphemism 'collateral damage'.
What really sticks in my craw is the constant pretence that our involvement in the Middle East is part of some noble purpose when the fact is we wouldn't give a shit about Iraq and 'the Iragi people' if their principal natural resource were lettuce and tomatoes.
Firstly, I have been unable to find the quote from Edward Garnier. Do you think we can have a link in future for those who want to follow it up?
Secondly, Edward Garnier is talking out of his arse. There is no such thing as early release of prisoners, let alone early release of dangerous criminals. Apart from those unlawfully detained beyond their sentence, for deportation, the Prison Service releases all prisoners on time.
Thirdly, Buster George, Francis Lee was not convicted of murdering Jason Swift (for the life of me I cannot understand why) but was convicted of manslaughter.
Fourthly, in my experience, it tends to be the situation rather than the person who is dangerous. The CJA 2003 allows for the indefinate detention of anyone deemed to be dangerous to the public. It is not for the red tops nor the likes of dipsticks like Edward Garnier to judge who is and who is not dangerous.
"Top Cat" Davies is a legend. If the blessed Maggie was still PM, he would have been Home Secretary by now.
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