BREAKING: Israeli settlers have established a new illegal outpost on the land of the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank.
They are now planning to stay there tonight, refusing to leave and threatening residents who attempt to access their land.
https://t.co/QiOAbofNdn
Scottish politics has completely lost the plot.
A @TheGreenParty candidate openly calling for the abolition of prisons, yes, prisons, while posing next to a sign saying “No Prisons. No Borders. No Cages.”
Think about that for a second.
No prisons? So where exactly do rapists, violent criminals, and repeat offenders go? Back onto the streets? Back into your communities?
And this isn’t some fringe anonymous voice, this is someone standing for public office in Scotland.
Why would any sane person, let alone a woman, argue for releasing dangerous men from prison? Who exactly is that supposed to protect?
This is what passes for “progressive” politics now. Ideology so detached from reality it actively puts the public at risk.
Are these people, especially the Greens, genuinely serious, or just raving lunatics playing at politics?
Ordinary people will be the ones who would pay the price for this madness.
No political party in the UK can tell the truth about what’s coming. The honest message is… your house isn’t worth what you think it is, your pension won’t deliver what was promised, and public services are going to get worse regardless of who’s in charge. Nobody wins an election saying that. So nobody says it.
@Joanna__Hardy@BarristerSecret None of these reforms appear to address the real bottleneck- which is the capacity of the Probation Service to draft pre-sentence reports - this will continue to be the case wherever the case is heard
Here is the full speech.
You can hear the sighs and moans from Labour after about a minute when I raised the rape gangs.
This is exactly the mentality that meant the gangs have operated unimpeded for years.
They never learn.
This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech.
He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh.
This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.
This made me so sad. 👇 How on earth did we get to a stage where Art History is deemed so lowly and unimportant and unnecessary that only 800 people a year take thé A-level! Madness. It’s the human story. Frôm thé very beginning. Before there were words, there was art.
@JonathSchofield Business friendly socialism sounds like utopia, or alternatively an oxymoron! Certainly improving transport, housing, utilities & education are key planks for making a place attractive to live & work in - but entrepreneurialism needs to be encouraged and nurtured too.