UK, US and EU current affairs
The Government has announced today that only prisoners serving less than 4 years will be able to vote. Today’s rather pathetic decision means that most prisoners will still be unable to vote and that the Cameron/Clegg administration will still be in breach of the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights. The Government’s decision…
The US is desperate to get their hands on Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange – especially now he has been released on bail despite all their efforts and protests. The Swedes are also in the firing line and it has been suggested that they may be encouraged to discontinue their action in order to allow the…
According to the Daily Mail, Daily Express and the Sun, the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has got it all wrong and is ‘soft on crime’. With headlines quoting a ‘charter for criminals’, ‘get out of jail free’ and all the other cheap, thick nonsense spread all over their various front pages, they have made it…
The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange has been granted bail but remains in the ‘Dickensian ‘ conditions of Wandsworth jail. As soon as the district judge came down in favour of Assange, the authorities, even given the weak case they have, went looking for an appeal. They could simply not abide the thought of losing.…
A new report from tax consultants KPMG shows that retailers are already cashing in on the forthcoming rise in VAT. They have already increased prices by up to 10% and 60% of retailers questioned anonymously say they intend to add a further increase in January and blame it on the 2.5% increase in VAT. Retail…
TheOpinionSite.org regrets to inform its many visitors that just a day after the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke announced he would review the politically influenced minimum sentences for murder, a weak David Cameron caved in to the Sun and other tabloids and announced that any reforms will be ‘tiny’. He has run away at the first…
(Use the search box to the left for updates and much more on IPP sentences or click here for more information) After the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke unveiled his Green Paper on Sentencing and Prison Policy this week, we are all left wondering what, if any changes will be made to the current system, particularly…
TheOpinionSite.org reports that a petition has been launched in the United States to put an end to the Sex Offender Register (SOR) in America, a move that many believe should be emulated here in the UK. The British SOR came about as a result of successive governments seeking to copy the US in its vindictive…
Kenneth Clarke finally unveiled his Green Paper on Sentencing Review and Prison Policy yesterday, later than expected. Tory right wing MPs started moaning immediately, while Clarke’s supporters were cautious in their remarks. It was made very clear that this is a consultation document and that views and opinions from all sides would be listened to.…
Britain’s obsession with sex offenders and criminals in general is adding to the number of people who are unemployed and is driving low level crime. People released from jail, especially those convicted of serious offences are finding it impossible to secure employment as employers become more and more frightened of taking on those with a…
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