We can't rehabilitate people we don't want in our country otherwise we end up with the weird logic where robbery gets you sent back home but rape allows you to stay in the UK. And while I d… (View Post)

It’s the 20 year old problem - the civil service doesn’t have a pay system that would pay anyone in IT a wage that reflects the market value of those skills (even when you take the pension into accou… (View Post)

Treasury North is in County Durham, Boro was in North Yorkshire. The boundary between County Durham and Yorkshire is the River Tees. (View Post)

Remember what I've said multiple times this week, without that early release program there isn't the capacity to hold the prisoners scheduled to be jailed... (View Post)

That's my opportunity cost argument from earlier - most people can afford a lottery ticket but few can afford to give up £x000 regardless of what the odds of the big prize is. (View Post)