Is Arson in Her Majesty’s Dockyard still a Hanging Offence? or is it 11 1/2 years the same as a shop?

I so wish he got a lot longer. I am a Croydon born and bred person and literally grew up with the Reeves Corner, My first bed came from there when I was child.
It was a lovely shop and for one a***hole to be able to destroy it in one night still upsets.

On the Post, Trolls beware. I mentioned bringing back the “Cat O Nine tails” This may have been flogged to death, pardon the pun, but in your opinion, is our Juditial System long overdue for a radical overhaul?.
If a person has been sentenced to life.then I.M.H.O. it should mean just that, not out in about 9 or 10 yrs.

Jim.
Lincoln .7

A huge overhaul is certainly needed as it now seems that justice favours the criminal not the victim. Also prison is not seen as something to fear by crooks and low lifes.

I personally feel that all sentences should mean what they are, and no time for good behaviour. Nobody who gets a 10 years sentence or whatever should be walking the streets again 7 years later. Also in that time they should be doing things to rehabilitate and repay society back.
Prison should not be a soft option and it should be seen as a severe punishment where freedoms and liberties are totally taken away. If you commit a crime you go against society and should forfeit many human rights until you have repaid society back.
This means no TV in cells and should mean hard labour there must be jobs and alike that can be created to put prisoners time to good use. I also feel that and I know its controversial, but I feel life prisoners could be used in effect to test new medical breakthoughs and drugs instead of animals. It sounds awful but this way they would be repaying society back and at least be of some use in life.

I have to say that my views on hanging have somewhat changed as I always felt it was the best way to deal with murderers etc. Now I think a long sentence is more punishment as death is easy way out.
I am not sure what can be changed while the words “Human rights” ring in everybodies ears. Either way the justice system needs to be seen to be strong and punishments need to fit the crimes committed but also fair and rehabilitating for the criminal in the long run. Now thats a sword which is hard to dance on I guess with no easy answers.

Sad news, Always seen him as one of the greats who brought Warbirds to a wide audience.
RIP Howard Blue skies and thank you

Thers a shortage of broccoli!?OMG I must go and find some quickly. I know ALDI has run out. I better drive down to Tesco fast in case all theirs has gone.

Its one of my few pleasures broccoli farts in bed to get back at my wife if she has annoyed me!

Would it be OK to store it next to my petrol and tray of pasties?:D

You could use a bit of petrol to cook the pasties so they be fine together :p
Im looking at adapting farts into fuel at the moment, I can do without the broccoli but pray no shortage on beans 😀

Very possibly, but you’d think the media would wise-up to this sort of ‘spin’…

…I was watching Newsnight last night and somebody had actually been out and bought a jerry-can to dress the set with! :rolleyes:

I suppose in effect even spin is news, Its not like the media have any moral values is it.

There may be a temporary surge in fuel sales but unless people are using more fuel the overall figures for fuel use (and tax generated) will be the same as normal.

Thats true, I am just wondering if as the financial runs from April to April would it bring in some extra taxes before end of the year.
I am really suprised to see any government causing such a fuss over something that may not happen and even if it does theres plenty of time to get fuel before it does.

This is I believe pure government spin to “bury” other stories such as the paying to meet the PM and the tax changes they are bringing in.

I am slightly suprised the government has made such a big thing out of this potential strike. Its either they have misread all the signals on this or they are using the thing to bash the unions and cover up for other things that are going on at the moment, or lastly they want a bit of extra tax income from a surge in fuel sales.

To suggest people should stockpile fuel is stupid to the point of dangerous and gives me visions of people having petrol can not only in garages, but splashing around in boot of cars or in houses and flats too.
For now this is a non event being hyped to cause public panic, and the public love a good panic from time to time, But not as much as the politicians who use it for publicity and popularity.

South London, riot zone area.