[Gayle]

Whilst there are possibly some prisoners in prison who are reasonable and of sound mind - possibly they committed relatively minor crimes like theft or non payment of council tax, etc. There are undoubtedly some people in there who are seriously unhinged - i.e. pathologically insane people like murderers etc. Can we for one minute imagine that they can make a reasoned, impartial decision about who should be running the country.

Plus, I can just see some of the election campaigning now as prospective candidates go into prisons and promise them pardons or investigations if they vote for them.