Weblog of a Country Priest

May 17, 2005 at 18:19 o\clock

Parliament.

The PM said he had been listening to us and would learn from our opinions.

The Queen's Speech seems to give the lie to this.  New Labour obsessions continue.  Think about one thing only - Community Service?  Now I am not a fan of this approach to dealing with criminals.  If punishment is needed then make it a totally controlled residential affair.  If there aren't enough places then build some (cost? how about some of our wasted space exploration or Iraq monies).  I digress, back to CS, I can't help seeing the ghost of european Jewry in the proposal to make CS participants wear yellow uniforms.

Put that on the back of suggestions that the NHS should ration treatment by applying a system of age indexing, and I think you might agree.


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