Prisoner's rights
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:34 am
The European court of Human rights ruled today that the British practice of withdrawing prisoners right to vote is illegal and should be reinstated.
I obviously wholeheartedly agree, I mean the poor lambs, it's bad enough being caught but to have your vote cancelled must keep them awake at night ( well that and the 250lb latent homosexual cellmate).
So my fellow Brits next time there is a general election beware of the hordes of ex-cons rushing to the booths. They will have realised the error of their ways and instead of Murdering, raping, robbing, mugging etc will excercise their vote to change the system from whithin.
What makes this case even better is not only are the British government having to comply with a judgement from Strasbourg (which does not appear on my map of the UK?) but the prisoners case was paid for by legal aid i.e. my tax money and guess where the money comes from for the governments lawyers, yes you guessed correctly MY tax money. I cannot tell you how happy I am that my money is being spent on such worthy causes rather than wasted on such frivolity as hospitals and education.
Inspired by this judgement I am off to see my solicitor to bring a case against that most heinous of criminals namely Mrs Hedges my primary school teacher who 40 years ago denied me the role of Mary in the nativity play solely on the grounds that I was not a girl, an open and shut case of "Gender prejudice" if ever I heard it. I will let you know how I get on.
I obviously wholeheartedly agree, I mean the poor lambs, it's bad enough being caught but to have your vote cancelled must keep them awake at night ( well that and the 250lb latent homosexual cellmate).
So my fellow Brits next time there is a general election beware of the hordes of ex-cons rushing to the booths. They will have realised the error of their ways and instead of Murdering, raping, robbing, mugging etc will excercise their vote to change the system from whithin.
What makes this case even better is not only are the British government having to comply with a judgement from Strasbourg (which does not appear on my map of the UK?) but the prisoners case was paid for by legal aid i.e. my tax money and guess where the money comes from for the governments lawyers, yes you guessed correctly MY tax money. I cannot tell you how happy I am that my money is being spent on such worthy causes rather than wasted on such frivolity as hospitals and education.
Inspired by this judgement I am off to see my solicitor to bring a case against that most heinous of criminals namely Mrs Hedges my primary school teacher who 40 years ago denied me the role of Mary in the nativity play solely on the grounds that I was not a girl, an open and shut case of "Gender prejudice" if ever I heard it. I will let you know how I get on.
Do let us know how it went..