Bag's Rants

Labour keep a promise. Well, half of one anyway.

Just read an article regarding Reid's plan to move people to open prisons and how this could lead to more people absconding. Ooops.

So much for 'Tough on Crime and Tough on the causes of Crime'.

Then it struck me. OK, they are not tough on crime. Let's face it you can go to jail for drug offences and not paying council tax but not for mugging, burglary and theft. So they are not so tough on crime really. But, when you think about it the statement also adds another dimension. 'Tough on Crime' should cover it all so why the addition of 'Tough on the causes of Crime'?

What causes crime? People. No people, no crime no matter what else there is. Bank with no safe and money on the counter. No people, money remains untouched. So Labour are being tough on us. Making us pay more taxes, making us sort our rubbish, making us fill in lots of forms to claim back a few quid, nicking us for playing ball in the streets, arresting us every time we step out of line in the slightest.

Tough on the causes of Crime. An election promise they kept.

posted by Bag @ 10:06 am