tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post5077689543213016517..comments2024-03-19T12:48:48.045+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Missing The Point, Tories...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23606963378170547932009-12-23T07:01:47.520+00:002009-12-23T07:01:47.520+00:00Those 54 convictions will be something of a joke. ...Those 54 convictions will be something of a joke. I once knew a serial burglar ( son of a neighbour ) and followed his criminal career with some bemusement.<br />Once it was over ( after a second stretch inside) I asked him for all his fifty or so convictions how many times was he wrongly aquitted, not prosecuted, not charged or just got away with ? He estimated about ten times the number of crimes to convictions.<br /><br />(Some of the convictions were wrong too; admissions made to the Police for crimes he did not commit in return for beer & fags in the station, it would not affect his sentence but helped made the Police look good).bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91163394478395636642009-12-22T06:44:08.289+00:002009-12-22T06:44:08.289+00:00"Here was an open goal to score against what ...<i>"Here was an open goal to score against what British "justice" has been reduced to by a generation of lefty f*ckwits (including those in the Conservative Party). Once again the Conservatives miss the goal: actually - as is becoming a habit with the Cameroons - they missed the ball entirely."</i> <br /><br />I'm not sure they are even playing the same game...<br /><br /><i>"Here a couple of probably deserving teenagers got shot in a school. What did the Government suggest?<br /><br />ban paintball!?"</i> <br /><br />Yup, and we always think we have a monopoly on idiots in government...<br /><br /><i>"...but rewriting it in such a way as to avoid misinterpretation would avoid it."</i> <br /><br />Could you, though? I'm not sure it's possible to write something in such a way that it cannot be misinterpreted by someone bound and determined to do so.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-21984698233635072482009-12-22T06:33:57.012+00:002009-12-22T06:33:57.012+00:00Rather than attempt to tear up laws and rewrite ne...<i>Rather than attempt to tear up laws and rewrite new ones (Ahem! Dangerous Dogs Act? Dunblane Gun Laws?), when they get in, the Tories should take a good, hard look at the people who are interpreting those laws.</i><br /><br />The people who interpret and misinterpret (often willfully, I suspect) the law may be a problem but rewriting it in such a way as to avoid misinterpretation would avoid it. Of course, the legal profession might object because almost certainly you wouldn't need lawyers to try to understand the law anymore.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-39967798518385925482009-12-21T11:42:36.790+00:002009-12-21T11:42:36.790+00:00Kneejerk reactions, or just plain JERKS in Governm...Kneejerk reactions, or just plain JERKS in Government are not restricted to Britain.<br /><br />Here a couple of probably deserving teenagers got shot in a school. What did the Government suggest?<br /><br />ban <i>paintball</i>!? WTF???von Spreuth.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16547103202694731482009-12-21T10:47:35.772+00:002009-12-21T10:47:35.772+00:00Grayling was interviewed on the BBC's Today pr...Grayling was interviewed on the BBC's Today programme this morning by a very aggressive Justin Webb (aggressive from the liberal left, of course). Grayling failed miserably to make his point. It soon became obvious that this policy statement was a kneejerk response to the Hussein case.<br /><br />The Conservatives may ape Labour's policies but their spinning abilities are shite in comparison with the real masters. He didn't even mention the killer fact concerning the discrepancy in the sentences handed down to Hussein the respectable householder and Salem, the career criminal. Here was an open goal to score against what British "justice" has been reduced to by a generation of lefty f*ckwits (including those in the Conservative Party). Once again the Conservatives miss the goal: actually - as is becoming a habit with the Cameroons - they missed the ball entirely.Umbongonoreply@blogger.com