Police officers who fail to tackle anti-social behaviour were branded 'ludicrous' and 'ridiculous' by the home secretary.He has a point, but it’s not just police at fault in the Pilkington case, is it?
Some might say Labour’s mollycoddling of the underclass (through soft policing and softer courts) was equally 'ludicrous' and 'ridiculous'.
He pledged to issue new rules for how breaches of Asbos were handled.Well, he talks a good game.
In future, when an Asbo is breached by a young person, their parents will automatically be put under a court order.
But what do the people who are actually at the front line have to say about the prospects of this making the slightest difference?
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha”My thoughts precisely…
So if you break a court order, the punishment will be ... a new court order?
ReplyDeleteNo doubt backed up the by "Illegal Behaviour Act 2009":
s1: "It shall be an offence to break the law..."
Very senior police heads should grace a large plate in response to to a stock of useless, corrupt and laughing policemen.
ReplyDeleteIf Gadget's tomfoolery makes a mockery of safety within neighbourhoods he is charged with policing, let us charge such idiots with criminal neglect at the earliest opportunity.
"So if you break a court order, the punishment will be ... a new court order?"
ReplyDeleteThat'll have them shaking in their boots, won't it?
"If Gadget's tomfoolery makes a mockery of safety within neighbourhoods he is charged with policing..."
Wrong target, Dr. It's the politicians and magistrates on the hook for this one.
I do not live in your part of the world, Julia. Here in West Yorkshire, we still report crime and yob behaviour to the police. We still hear police laughing "Can't come but would you like a crime number with that?"
ReplyDeleteMr Johnson has been good enough to personally take up our cause. We don't need 'no steenkin crime numbers' or laughing policemen.
We had the same kind of anti-social behaviour on our street in the early '90s and I'm pretty sure the Tories were in power then.
ReplyDeleteAnd would the Simmonses qualify as 'underclass' when the father has a job?
"Mr Johnson has been good enough to personally take up our cause."
ReplyDeleteNo, 'fraid not. The only 'cause' he's advancing is his own. Election coming up, remember?
"We had the same kind of anti-social behaviour on our street in the early '90s and I'm pretty sure the Tories were in power then."
We didn't have so much of it, it wasn't as widespread across all classes and areas and it was dealt with by harsh prison sentences.
"And would the Simmonses qualify as 'underclass' when the father has a job?"
The term 'underclass' doesn't necessaily refer to someone on the dole; it's more a term used to describe behaviour and morals.
You might be thinking of the term 'benefit-seeking scum'. Which I don't tend to use, as thanks to Gordoom's financial genius, there are now plenty of decent families seeking those benefits...