Freedom of Information requests have revealed that there are over 1,000 or more police officers and PCSOs who have a criminal record serving in Britain’s police forces. Some forces did not respond so the number may be even higher. Obviously, not all police officers are bad but it has also been revealed that over the…
As recession returns to Britain, the Prime Minister and other wealthy MPs are concerning themselves with the glories of the Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee whilst the Bank of England’s warnings over inflation and recession are quietly ignored, prices rise and ordinary people find themselves unable to pay essential bills. The Governor of the Bank…
Yesterday, known as ‘manic Saturday’, was the busiest shopping day of the year. Much to the delight of some retailers, high street sales were about 5% up on last year as shoppers who don’t have any money of their own did a great job of spending cash that belongs to the banks. The increased sales…
A police sergeant whose force was warned that he was a ‘thug in uniform’ is to be reinstated to his former position, despite damning video evidence that shows him allegedly mistreating a prisoner. Sgt Mark Andrews was dismissed by Wiltshire Police after being seen on CCTV in July 2008 dragging Pamela Somerville, 60, across the…
Ken Clarke’s brave attempt to bring common sense into the sentencing system in England and Wales is being sabotaged by sleazy prime minister David Cameron who is afraid of appearing to be ‘soft on crime’. It was revealed in a House of Lords debate last week that Cameron, ever fearful of criticism from the tabloids,…
This week is ‘Prisons Week’ and although you may never have heard of it, it is a regular annual event that seeks to draw attention to those who work in the prison system as well as prisoners themselves. However, it does not draw attention to the failures within the system. That, in the view of…
It has emerged that Ken Clarke’s ‘rehabilitation revolution’ is completely failing prisoners with IPP and long term determinate sentences and is also failing to reduce prisoner numbers. Mr Clarke’s proposed changes are only being directed at those prisoners serving 12 months or less and completely ignore those with longer sentences. The excuse is that short…
Home Secretary, Theresa May refused to resign today after appearing to be incompetent, naive and arrogant during her questioning this morning by the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee. Despite being the person responsible for the recent failures of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), she seemed to be wholly concerned with passing responsibility to others whilst…
TheOpinionSite.org has been told by the Ministry of Justice that the proposed changes to Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPP) will definitely not be retrospective and will definitely not apply to existing IPP prisoners. This refusal to deal with the problem of some 6,500 existing IPP prisoners, along with the introduction of mandatory life sentences,…
The futile backbench debate to be held in the House of Commons on 24 October will be a gift to the Daily Mail and the Sun, will give false hope to Eurosceptics across the country and will be a total waste of time and a distraction as the government is not in any way bound…
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