This what we are up against

jaysay · 03-11-2010, 10:44

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: "I’d rather go to jail than work"-

Its just a pity they don't have Hard Labour in prisons anymore

yerself · 03-11-2010, 10:51

It can't be true, it's not from a reliable source. Does the editor of the Daily Mail know you've been reading that downmarket rag?

Ken Moss · 03-11-2010, 13:02

My dad worked as an instructor at HMPs Wymott and Garth for 36 years and he said they had a better life inside than we did. Three meals a day plus hot chocolate at lights out, TVs and games, plus more drugs in the cells than in the secure police compound.

Punishment?

Great Britain has gone soft.

gynn · 03-11-2010, 13:07

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

My dad worked as an instructor at HMPs Wymott and Garth for 36 years and he said they had a better life inside than we did. Three meals a day plus hot chocolate at lights out, TVs and games, plus more drugs in the cells than in the secure police compound.

Punishment?

Great Britain has gone soft.

But I bet they were all wary of dropping the soap in the shower.......

jaysay · 03-11-2010, 18:11

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

My dad worked as an instructor at HMPs Wymott and Garth for 36 years and he said they had a better life inside than we did. Three meals a day plus hot chocolate at lights out, TVs and games, plus more drugs in the cells than in the secure police compound.

Punishment?

Great Britain has gone soft.

A friend of mine who is a Magistrate, went on a visit to Lancaster Farm (think that's its name) its a young offenders institute, is reaction was, its no wonder they keep committing crime its like a flaming holiday camp and probably ten times better than the homes they are used to

jaysay · 03-11-2010, 18:12

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Originally Posted by yerself

It can't be true, it's not from a reliable source. Does the editor of the Daily Mail know you've been reading that downmarket rag?

The same storey was in the Mail too

Wynonie Harris · 03-11-2010, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

My dad worked as an instructor at HMPs Wymott and Garth for 36 years and he said they had a better life inside than we did. Three meals a day plus hot chocolate at lights out, TVs and games, plus more drugs in the cells than in the secure police compound.

Punishment?

Great Britain has gone soft.

Fine words, Ken and I would wholeheartedly agree with you...what a pity it's a million miles away from Labour party policy and that most of your comrades would regard your views as illiberal and reactionary.

Ken Moss · 03-11-2010, 22:12

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Fine words, Ken and I would wholeheartedly agree with you...what a pity it's a million miles away from Labour party policy and that most of your comrades would regard your views as illiberal and reactionary.

You know me, Steve...ever courting the Grand Order of the Boot.

Wynonie Harris · 03-11-2010, 22:17

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You know me, Steve...ever courting the Grand Order of the Boot.

I reckon Claytonender will be making a careful note of your reactionary tendencies and reporting back to Comrade Harriet before long!

Ken Moss · 03-11-2010, 22:19

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I reckon Claytonender will be making a careful note of your reactionary tendencies and reporting back to Comrade Harriet before long!

I'll get my derriere primed and in position.

It's been fun.

garinda · 03-11-2010, 22:23

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

It's been fun.

It is fun.

Present tense.

We don't need another lost politico, ferreting about in the shadows.

Wynonie Harris · 03-11-2010, 22:27

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It is fun.

Present tense.

We don't need another lost politico, ferreting about in the shadows.

Don't reckon he's headed for the twilight zone just yet. He'll probably have to undergo a period of political re-education ("Progressive socialists believe in rehabilitation, not retribution. Discuss.").

Ken Moss · 03-11-2010, 22:30

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Don't reckon he's headed for the twilight zone just yet. He'll probably have to undergo a period of political re-education ("Progressive socialists believe in rehabilitation, not retribution. Discuss.").

Why am I reminded of a certain scene in A Clockwork Orange when I read that?

garinda · 03-11-2010, 22:42

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Don't reckon he's headed for the twilight zone just yet. He'll probably have to undergo a period of political re-education ("Progressive socialists believe in rehabilitation, not retribution. Discuss.").

Graham continued to speak his mind whilst a councillor, and get himself drawn into squables of a dangerously devil-may-care format.

Look what happened to him.

Unless the main rehabilitation centre is in the dank, damp tunnels, unde the Palace of Westminster.

Mancie · 03-11-2010, 22:55

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Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: "I’d rather go to jail than work"-

Its just a pity they don't have Hard Labour in prisons anymore

Talk about a storm in a teacup!.. what utter rubbish this is.. so some idiot wants to be banged up rather than do a few hours unpaid work... and it makes national headlines?