Well, Shock-Horror Folks!!
Posted by MK on August 28, 2007
UK - Any adult caught carrying a gun should get the minimum sentence under supposedly tough laws brought in by Labour three years ago. But a clause in the Act allows judges to ignore the requirement if they believe there are “exceptional circumstances”. In the first two years of the Act coming into force, an alarming 80 per cent of offenders have been let off with lighter sentences. Critics last night said the revelation makes a mockery of Labour’s tough rhetoric on gun crime, and slammed the courts for doling out soft penalties. Retired judge Keith Matthewman, QC, said: “It is a dreadful indictment of the Government and legal system in this country. People who are carrying guns know perfectly well the punishment is not going to fit the crime. “It shows a complete and utter weakness in the courts. The general public are being let down by the Government, let down by the police and let down by the judges.” Source.
MK - The way things have gone in the UK, it’s fast becoming a reality that it’s the public that are looking stupid because they believed that the leftists in charge won’t let them down. Well, they may be coming to their senses, if the polls are anything to go by, Labour’s 10-point lead has been halved. Better late than never.
August 28, 2007 at 12:42 pm
MK, their lead has halved? Brilliant news. Let’s see if the idea of elections hasn’t been done away with by the time the next one would have rolled around though.
Now we need a halving in Rudd’s lead here in Australia.
August 28, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Yeah, i hope so too. The way things are looking, Rudd is like a runaway train, it’s almost as if the man has to start acting like a good leader for the support to ebb away. It’s crazy.