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Morning, it is Friday, I am ready for Friday. Get your plans made.
From a couple of days ago but obviously still relevant. We already know that violent offenders are going to be released early, cat was out of the bag on that one almost immediately after this ridiculous policy was announced. But now we find it will also include sex offenders. If you listen to the man talking in this video, the loophole is apparently having another crime like theft as part of your sentence. When it applies they use that part of the conviction to release you whilst pretending the sexual offence isn’t there. Human nature and experience of bureaucracy tells you that when the list of people released comes out, the only offences added will be the qualifying ones, whilst the disqualifying ones will require a individual search of the offender to see them. As you can see in the video, exactly what I said would happen is happening, the whistleblowers are starting within the system. These are good people. They’re not always right, but they have the courage to say ‘no’, act, and allow those unaware to make an assessment.
In a sane world this guy would know exactly what’s going to happen to him today, but based on what we’ve seen recently anything could happen. Anything less than a couple of years in prison is going to cause huge dramas for Starmer, with the potential for much worse. For those with short memories about what he said, watch the vid.