Current Affairs 2025

[oldbluefox]

I think it's worse than that. My understanding was they didn't just go walkabout, they were released in error.
Apparently many of those the government released early to relieve pressure on the prisons are now back inside, some only lasted a few days. I suppose for some prison is a way of life, meeting up with your mates, warm bed, three square meals a day, no bills to pay etc.

[Onelife]

I think it's worse than that. My understanding was they didn't just go walkabout, they were released in error.
Apparently many of those the government released early to relieve pressure on the prisons are now back inside, some only lasted a few days. I suppose for some prison is a way of life, meeting up with your mates, warm bed, three square meals a day, no bills to pay etc.

And all for between £140 - £160 per day....to the tax payer

[towny44]

I wonder how many prison officers are willing to be bribed?

[Onelife]

I wonder how many prison officers are willing to be bribed?

I will agree with your presumption but only if you can assure me that Screwy is out of the country… Squeak! Squeak!

[Ray B]

They have found him and is now in custody He was Finsbury park ,but the trouble is, Kebatu will now be returned to the custody of the Prison Service. Is that a really good idea ?

[Stephen]

Might as well give him his own key.

[screwy]

I wonder how many prison officers are willing to be bribed?

Unfortunately for the last few years there will be quite a few. Wages have dropped to a level that would not see me joining now. It beggars belief that the government,past and present expect people to do the job on such low salaries,so staff would take a bribe to do do whatever to make extra cash. I will say that I don’t and never did condone it the problem is there recruitment now. It’s local and the age limit has dropped so you’re getting kids not long out of college joining, no life experience,plus it’s psychological entrance testing.

The other thing is female officers having relationships with prisoners,this has gone on for years,I’m very happy to say that I was responsible for one female staff member getting sacked but I also knew at least 3 others who were fired.

I was recently told about a female officer in a London jail who was filmed in a cell having sex,this was I was told very graphic.

[Mervyn and Trish]

For credibility they shouldn't have taken Houdini back to prison, they should have put him straight on a plane and got rid.

[Onelife]

I wonder how many prison officers are willing to be bribed?

Unfortunately for the last few years there will be quite a few. Wages have dropped to a level that would not see me joining now. It beggars belief that the government,past and present expect people to do the job on such low salaries,so staff would take a bribe to do do whatever to make extra cash. I will say that I don’t and never did condone it the problem is there recruitment now. It’s local and the age limit has dropped so you’re getting kids not long out of college joining, no life experience,plus it’s psychological entrance testing.

The other thing is female officers having relationships with prisoners,this has gone on for years,I’m very happy to say that I was responsible for one female staff member getting sacked but I also knew at least 3 others who were fired.

I was recently told about a female officer in a London jail who was filmed in a cell having sex,this was I was told very graphic.

A case of what goes on behind closed doors …I’ve seen it reported that such behaviour goes on but didn’t realise it was to the extent that you are implying…Shocking!

[Stephen]

Why pay him anything. Cuff and gag him the whole journey, then sling him off the plane the other end……..at around 3000ft. He’s played us like a fiddle.

Migrant sex offender given £500 after threat to disrupt deportation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9rxlvp85o

[Ray B]

He did, but it shows if you act quickly, a few more could be bundled on a plane and out of our Country .

[oldbluefox]

Can't help feeling we are being taken for fools. I wonder how our friends in Australia deal with their deportees.
Apparently sums of up to £2000 are being paid to those being deported. I can think of better uses for our taxes.

[towny44]

Can't help feeling we are being taken for fools. I wonder how our friends in Australia deal with their deportees.
Apparently sums of up to £2000 are being paid to those being deported. I can think of better uses for our taxes.

What I can't understand is why it takes 5 officials to travel with him, all it really needs is one really big guy to ensure he gets on the plane and is still there when it takes off. Why do we need to pay the return airfares of 5 officials, my way the govt only needs 1 one way ticket.

[Onelife]

They are saying they paid him £500 because he had the potential/threatened to disrupt the flight…have they not heard of strait jackets?

Whilst not forgetting there were two victims in this case … at least we won’t be paying £53,000 a year to keep this piece of Sh*t in prison for the next few years.

[Onelife]

I was listening on the news tonight about some of the fines that councils are imposing for trivial misdemeanours, such as dropping the end of a strawberry down a street drain…there was one lady who was fined for not carrying a poo bag even though her dog hadn’t fouled the area she was walking…not so sure about some of the fines imposed but “the not carrying a poo bag fine” should be adopted right across the country imo…well done that council.

[david63]

So it is OK for Rachel from Accounts to break the law by not having the appropriate licence to rent out her home for £3k a month. Reeves wrote: "This was an inadvertent mistake. As soon as it was brought to my attention, we took immediate action and have applied for the licence." - yes brought to her attention by the Daily Mail. Just a case of another Labour minister not doing their homework by a simple internet search!

So much for Sir Hindsight's cleaning up politics pledge.

It seems strange that when something like this happened with the Conservatives when they were in government that demands for "heads to roll" were made by Labour but now the boot is on the other foot it is a totally different matter.

[screwy]

They’re all the same.

Thieves,Rogues and Liars. Have we forgotten the expenses scandal.?

We’ll, maybe there are a few decent ones.

[oldbluefox]

It seems the higher up the ladder they go the more involved in scams and scandals they become. Joe Public would be severely punished were he to be involved but somehow excuses seem to be made for those in power.

[Ray B]

I was listening on the news tonight about some of the fines that councils are imposing for trivial misdemeanours, there was one lady who was fined for not carrying a poo bag even though her dog hadn’t fouled the area she was walking…not so sure about some of the fines imposed but “the not carrying a poo bag fine” should be adopted right across the country imo…well done that council.

Totally with you on that one OL, she said The dog had already been, not the point, if you walk a dog in public then a bag/s should should always be carried by the walker. The bag should then be disposed of responsibly, not on a fence or hung from a branch.

[david63]

Totally tragic events last night on the LNER train - just what is the problem with these people (if people is the correct description). Also it seems a little ill thought out to go stabbing people on a train with is enclosed and is easily locked down.

[Ray B]

Terrible David, our thoughts must be for the badly injured pasenger and the nine passengers fighting for their lives

[david63]

Terrible David, our thoughts must be for the badly injured pasenger and the nine passengers fighting for their lives

The latest is that there now only two in a life threatening condition and four of the others have been released from hospital.

[Onelife]

Let’s hope that when they get sentenced, we either send them back to their country of origin or if they hold British citizenship stick them on a plane with or without a parachute but definitely without a passport and say our goodbyes there.

It will save us £millions in board and lodgings.

[Mervyn and Trish]

They are apparently British born.

[david63]

So according to today's briefing from Rachel from Accounts all the problems are of other's making and nothing to do with her policies over the last 12 months or so.

that previous governments delivered a "rushed and ill-conceived Brexit" and meant the UK was "underprepared" for the Covid pandemic.

Did Labour not support Brexit following the will of the people? And of course Labour knew in advance that Covid was coming. Has she forgotten that having left the EU we were able to obtain Covid vaccines way ahead of the rest of the EU - in fact we were well underway with the vaccination programme long before other countries started.

The cost of government borrowing has also increased around the world, Reeves says.

But the amount of Government borrowing has increased under Labour therefore the cost of borrowing will increase - I thought she claimed to be an economist!

Reeves says £1 in every £10 of taxpayers money is spent on debt interest. "Not paying that debt down, but just paying the interest," she says.

Then get the debt down - that is pretty obvious to everyone - except one person apparantly.

Continuing her speech, Reeves says she believes the principles guiding her choices for the Budget are "right" for the country.

What else would you expect her to say?

Reeves says she is dealing with a £22bn black hole left by the previous government and put public finances back on a "firm footing".

I thought that had been discredited ages ago.

I wish she, and her mate Sir Hindsight, would stop creating the impression that reducing NHS waiting lists is the solution to sorting out the problems in the NHS - incidentally waiting lists are rising again due to the fact there are not enough doctors to handle them.

How will raising taxes (as she is predicted to do) reduce the cost of living? I suppose there will be a "fudge" of the way inflation is calculated (such as adding more things, like flight, that are going down) to demonstrate that they are doing a good job.