Tag Archives: Ken Clarke
Clarke thinks prison doesn’t work; well what in our criminal justice system does?
Yesterday on Newsnight, Ken Clarke said that prison “is an extremely expensive way to accommodating people for a time and making no progress whatever in stopping them being criminals.” Clarke … Continue reading
Why I agree with Ken Clarke’s mandatory minimum for aggravated knife crime
I’ve been debating with myself my thoughts on Ken Clarke’s six month mandatory minimum sentencing for “aggravated knife crime.” It has also made me consider my position on the hypothetical … Continue reading
Unison: We maybe, kinda, sort of, might one day, just like to, erm, I dunno, be, like, willing to talk?
As a headline goes this is rather misleading really, for Unison aren’t to negotiate, but they are expected to confirm their willingness to negotiate. That’s quite a long way to go until two people … Continue reading
BoJo: Ken Clarke is wrong, refuse Greek bailout & let them leave the euro – It must be an election year
BoJo’s Monday morning column in the Telegraph, “The greatest gift to the Greeks might be to let them go it alone” reiterates the general feeling shared by this country: that … Continue reading
Come on Dave, it’s time to listen to your voters on the EU, crime and drugs
“The Conservative leadership is not so much worried by the threat to the Lib Dems as to its own “detoxification” project. For the Conservative Party to become too popular in … Continue reading
Melanie Phillips, no celebrities and a eurosceptic prisoner: all the makings for a great Question Time
Last night’s Question Time was markedly different from usual, and not just because it was filmed from prison. For a start, no matter what your interpretation of each panelist’s politics, … Continue reading
Tonight’s Question Time should be a corker
I haven’t been looking forward to a Question Time this much for a long time but tonight’s really does look like a corker. Soft-on-rape except “classic rape” Ken Clarke would … Continue reading
Dear Ken: Stop talking and go home, for your own sake
After Crispin Blunt’s proposals yesterday, one would have imagined that both Blunt and Ken Clarke had been told not to make a fool of themselves today. Alas Ken has stormed … Continue reading
Rapists may only spend 15 months in prison – Crispin Blunt you are bloody mad
Yesterday, Prisons minister Crispin Blunt suggested that rape sentences should be halved for those that confess. What I didn’t realise until today is that if you confess your sentence is … Continue reading
BBC Question Time Quick Review
I watched Question Time in a peculiar order – catching the final thirty minutes when arriving in from the pub – and the first this morning before I started work. … Continue reading
