[Tubby Isaacs]

I mean, fine in principle. But do we have the probation officers for this?

[kreuzberger]

Well, if you work on the proven principle that prison is usually a terrible idea, these ideas would look like a step in the right direction unless you are trying to sell newspapers.

If someone could have a word in the shell-like of the vase carriers, the country would be saved a fortune in tears. Has that Timpson chap been stepping to the fore yet?

[Tubby Isaacs]

I expect Timpson approves strongly of this, even though David Gauke did the original report.

Prison is an excellent idea for some people, it's just that actual prisons are usually bad, particularly what are called local prisons, which hoover up most of the criminals in an area. That includes some people for very serious offences, because few get sent to specialized high security prisons, but also lots of people who aren't particularly dangerous. It would be good maybe if these two groups could maybe be imprisoned in separate jails.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Advice for the government from this internet gobshite who thinks that Maurice Glasman is close to the government. Evidence that the Government are "breaking the law" is alas not forthcoming. It's pointed out BTL that this is similar to the system in France. Whoever wrote that headline can have a good laugh at people like Liz running with it. She retweets someone saying "this is like what's happening in the US".

[The Weeping Angel]

Responses are, on the whole, terrible.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Yeah, there's a big market for this stuff on Bluesky now. When I first went on there, there wasn't. It was "law professor provides proper criticism of government proposal".

[The Weeping Angel]

Although someone on Bluesky did provide me with this interesting nugget of information.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5wvgk1l6po

Save British Farming founder Liz Webster said: “This government has unleashed a really nasty culture war with their budget.

“Are they hoping to motivate envy to back destruction of our farms which produce healthy and sustainable food and care for our countryside to sign a deal with Trump which delivers chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef?”

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ha ha ha ha. Here's another. Because if you wanted to open the door to US agribusiness, you'd do a deal with the EU on agriculture.

[The Weeping Angel]

I often see this sentiment expressed on Bluesky.



I would point out that what Ian and the article ignore is that the right are becoming more radicalised all by themselves, and the fact that even if Starmer got up and said we need immigrants, small boats would still be an issue.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Government have been pretty clear about the practical problems they inherited and what they've done about them, but nobody seems to want to listen. Perhaps a more moral case would consolidate support for the Government, but it probably wouldn't shut the Right up.

Sunder Katwala says that the protests were actually smaller than before, so it's possible they fade but they'll still get media hyping.