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

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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?:D

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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.

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

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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

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The same storey was in the Mail too:p

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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.

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

;)

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

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I'll get my derriere primed and in position.

It's been fun.

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It is fun.

Present tense.

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

:rolleyes:

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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."). ;)

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

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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.

:rolleyes:

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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? :confused: