My photo quota today is going elsewhere, but if you look at the numbers the Remand Prison Population went steadily from ~10,000 in the period 2016-2019 to ~18,500 in 2024. That could have been addres… (View Post)

Interesting chat with an Ashfield Independent leaflet man, who covers a big area. Says they have 4000 placards going out soon. We'll see. My thoughts in the next header. (View Post)

Fortunately the decision will be made by a very distinguished judge with a record for designing appopriate punishments for criminals, including exercise of mercy or setting up rehabilitation where th… (View Post)

That's interesting. And quite difficult to do truly effectively. Many police forces run an operation called Operation Endurance addressing it (or half addressing it) in different ways. In Notts … (View Post)

I agree with that. I'd say on the other side that that group is one of those the Conservatives are attempting to target to ward off Reform, much of the other wing of their coalition having turne… (View Post)