F.U. simply cannot believe his ears when he hears such ‘tough’ rhetoric from the woolly confines of the Liberal Democrats. But does he buy it? Not a chance.
“Life will mean life,” says Sir Menzies Campbell in regard to life sentences in the Criminal Justice system. “Tough community work” as an alternative to doing porridge. And prisoners in chokey working with the earnings going to victims? Sounds like something the old hang ‘em and flog ‘em Tory Party would have said.
“Life will mean life,” says Sir Menzies Campbell in regard to life sentences in the Criminal Justice system. “Tough community work” as an alternative to doing porridge. And prisoners in chokey working with the earnings going to victims? Sounds like something the old hang ‘em and flog ‘em Tory Party would have said.
Tough guy Sir Ming, who is trying to look increasing resembling his Flash Gordon namesake (pictured), also said: "Liberal Democrats believe that sentences should mean what they say. Life will mean life: only those that judges believe should stay in prison forever will be given a life sentence. And nobody will be released earlier than the minimum term that they are given." Well, F.U. is sure Campbell means well, but let’s be honest most of the establishment’s judges are as steeped in liberal conceit as the Liberal Democrat Party.
Week in, week out, our national papers (and not just the right wing tabloids) detail horror story after horror story of criminals being let off with absurdly light discretionary sentences.
Murder, in the English law, carries a mandatory life sentence. But how many instances are there of whole life tariffs being imposed for murder? Pitifully few. As it stands there are around 20 people on a whole life tariff. As it stands, the vast bulk of the convicted murderer community swan out of gaol after a piddling 20 or so years on what these lovely liberal bleeding heart Parole Boards call a ‘life license’. Awww, bless.
So, Mr. Urquhart suggests we look again carefully at what Tough Guy Ming has said: “only those that judges believe should stay in prison forever will be given a life sentence.” Given the existing regime, and the entrenched liberal attitudes of the judiciary and out politicians is it really like that Sir Ming’s new Illiberal Democrats – heaven forbid they should ever get elected – would live up to this new ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric.
Would F.U. therefore find himself in favour of capital punishment for the very worst offences, I hear you say?
You might very well think that, but he couldn’t possibly comment.
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