The Conservative Party

[johnnytapia]

You surely aren't talking about the next general election?

I wouldn’t back against it.

 

[johnnytapia]

Unlikely, to put it mildly.

It really isn’t.

 

[Vic]

And the half-hearted attempts at "restorative justice" haven't really gelled. The bottom line is which approach is most likely to prevent re-offending.

And Bash Street's ASB is Eton's "high spirits".

Restorative justice past and future

As restorative justice week comes to a close we spoke to the Restorative Justice Council and took a look back at the incredible growth of the restorative justice movement, and forward to its bright future.

www.gov.uk

 

[Gabriel]

How do they propose getting the yobs to repare the damage in two days when the courts are backed up for miles ? Are they saying if you are murdered or raped the person has their court appearance put back so yobs can go to court within a day ? Bollocks as usual, all dog whistle stuff without making sense as usual

Similar system (not) operating already in Scotland, where, thanks to the lack of staff and the pandemic, there is a huge backlog.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Remove funding from youth services then complain because youths find other non compliant things to do and 'punish' them. So, where does the money come from to supervise and manage this?

Money would be better spent on prevention rather than the 'cure'.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Forgive me if I am wrong; as Mrs Q tells me I always am; but raising interest rates is aimed at reducing demand by making borrowing more expensive? But if demand is already reduced and people are not buying anything how does this work? All it is doing is hiking up mortgages and reducing the number of people able to move or buy a home thus reducing people’s incomes at a time we should be encouraging spending and this would lead to growth. Inflation will automatically come down over the next few months anyway as the fuel price rises feed out. Inflation isn’t being fuelled by wages and people going out and overspending on credit as it has been in the past. It doesn’t make sense to me to ask people not to want wage increases and for firms not to pass on the extra cost of higher interest rates.

Perhaps an economist on here can explain for us please?

 

[Vic]

Amongst the many things that piss me off about this Government, I hate the way an incoming PM seems to disregard any questionable decisions taken by their predecessors.

13 years of shite and it's like the post-calamity enquiries we used to have at work. "Nothing to do with me. I was on holiday." They're equally responsible for all the fuck-ups.

If the Tories have finally given up their “Boris” habit, they deserve little credit. They came to it late and only when their calculus of self-preservation told them it was safe. But they have at least shown who – perhaps alone – can topple these would-be strongmen. The courts can’t do it; even the voters can’t always do it. The power, and responsibility, lies with those who acted as their enablers. The grim truth is that, too often, the only people who can bring down these terrible men are the ones who put them there in the first place. (Jonathan Friedland)

Why was Boris Johnson cast into the wilderness this week? Because a populist without a tribe is nothing | Jonathan Freedland

With Trump and Netanyahu wreaking havoc, Johnson’s fall makes clear that only former allies can destroy these strongmen, says Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

 

[Gabriel]

Inevitable, I guess.

 

[Rascal]

You surely aren't talking about the next general election?

Yes I am and I am serious.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Yes I am and I am serious.

No chance

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