tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post6870948914334149233..comments2024-02-02T10:29:34.789+00:00Comments on A Conservative's blog: 3 More Abscond from Control OrdersBenedict Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-25764607629860106502007-05-24T00:04:00.000+01:002007-05-24T00:04:00.000+01:00Elliot, No problem! There is of course to elements...Elliot, No problem! <BR/><BR/>There is of course to elements to crime, one is to reduce it whilst the other is to punish those who commit it.<BR/><BR/>This government does not seem that good at either.<BR/><BR/>Whilst we have a captive audience we may as well try and address some of the reasons for offending, but that does not mean we should be soft.<BR/><BR/>Also David Cameron seems to be using a reasonable amount of imagination in trying to deal with the original ills which is good.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-39407871564099820982007-05-23T23:58:00.000+01:002007-05-23T23:58:00.000+01:00Thanks Benedict. One of the more pleasant aspects ...Thanks Benedict. One of the more pleasant aspects of this blogging business has been to discover just how powerful a groundswell of opinion still resides in this country in favour of a traditional, focused mode of government. I was starting to believe it was an endangered strand of thinking outside of the City of London, where I work.<BR/><BR/>I'm watching Mr Cameron with interest, and hope he will exhibit the mettle required to deal with some of these national ills!Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576152095883676171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-71889465627684045402007-05-23T23:53:00.000+01:002007-05-23T23:53:00.000+01:00Elliot, many thanks for the link, us Conservatives...Elliot, many thanks for the link, us Conservatives care and quite a lot. Shoplifters are not even getting to court!<BR/><BR/>Prisons are so full that not only can they not take any more people but worse still they can't rehabilitate those who they are about to let go. A very bad state of affairs.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-18271846202453204502007-05-23T23:15:00.000+01:002007-05-23T23:15:00.000+01:00We are sliding ever more surely towards anarchy. E...We are sliding ever more surely towards anarchy. Exaggeration? Not when you consider that over 99% of our prison space is filled, that we have no other sanction against crime and that Gordon Brown has consistently refused to pay for more prison space to ameliorate the situation.<BR/><BR/>We just <A HREF="http://elliottjoseph.blogspot.com/2007/05/crime-but-no-punishment.html" REL="nofollow">don't have space to lock anyone up any more</A>; and nobody seems to care.Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576152095883676171noreply@blogger.com