March 25, 2007

AS LABOUR TURNS LEFT AND AWAY FROM TONY BLAIR...:

Labour will send fewer to jail in U-turn on crime policy (Andrew Grice, 26 March 2007, Independent)

The Government is to dramatically overhaul its strategy on crime by ending its drive for ever-tougher sentences and instead putting more emphasis on rehabilitating offenders and sending fewer of them to prison.

Cabinet papers leaked to The Independent show that ministers admit their current approach alone will not solve the complex problem of crime in Britain today. The significant change of emphasis will be welcomed by critics who claim Tony Blair has not lived up to his own rhetoric because he has been "tough on crime" without being "tough on the causes of crime".


...David Cameron and the Tories are provided with a massive opening.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 25, 2007 8:46 PM
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Tough on the causes of crime? What steps do you take to fight the cause of this? In London, A new sports car is parked at a curb. Five males look at it and one smashes the windshield, dances on the hood, the others kick and damage the door and sides. Then all laugh and move on down the street. I have personally seen acts such as this 3 times now.

Posted by: Tom Wall at March 25, 2007 9:13 PM

The cause of crime is sin.

Posted by: Lou Gots at March 26, 2007 4:11 AM
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