@John_Podmore It started with NOMS. That was the start of probationโs subservience and ultimate decline. It was then compounded by making probation part of the civil service.
Working internationally over a decade ago our probation service was revered and copied. It has now been systematically blown apart not just by Grayling, thatโs a lazy trope, but by an arrogant prison service and ignorant ministers.
I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of โCome On Eileen,โ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farageโs politics.
@ByDonkeys .
I will accept Nigel Farageโs request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.
But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.
Farage told people to react with "cold hard rage" to the appalling murder of Henry Nowak. Since then multiple officers & a police dog have been injured in violent disorder. Sign the open letter now & tell him to stop stoking hate & division: https://t.co/NihHDsIaC4