Current political rhetoric is too vengeful to allow for a proper discussion about when and whether prison works
hat is the role of government? It feels like a controversial area so it’s worth remembering that most of what the government does is stuff we all want doing. I’m using the term government in its widest sense, to include local councils and the various companies that now do things instead of the government as part of an ongoing scheme to keep logo designers in work and reassure Thatcherites that, even as their bins are being emptied, some free market capitalism is still happening.
The other reason politicians ignore consensus in favour of asserting ideological differences is that it moves the conversation away from the fraught, complex and boring arena of competence. Competence is not a subject that, in general, politicians like talking about. The nitty-gritty of administrative detail doesn’t often appeal to the sort of person who has forged a career in the field of making speeches slagging people off.
We don’t want a hapless petty thief to be sentenced to a ruined life, inhumane conditions and a starter course in drug dealing
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