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"Labour have issued a tweet, saying that PM Rishi Sunak, doesnt believe that child abusers should go to prison. I've just seen Labour shadow cabinet member, Lucy Powell, squirm through an interview about it. Despite being asked numerous times if she believed it, she wasn't able to answer yes or no. Are Labour right, or is this a case of playing the man? " This seems very risky thing to do and they simply don't need to take the risk in the first place. It may be a slight panic response to Sunak plodding through his agenda in a normal way. I think we have got so used to people like Boris messing up on a regular basis, giving plenty of opportunity to other parties to exploit. I hope this is not a preview of what's to come. I did notice it is all political parties condemning this tweet so for once they are united | |||
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"Labour should be careful if they want to play this attack line. Sir Keir Starmer was director of Public Prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. I bet the Tories are furiously digging through the records now to see just how "high" CPS conviction rates were for such crimes under SKS's tenure. " I would have thought they have already looked and found nothing to use | |||
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"Labour should be careful if they want to play this attack line. Sir Keir Starmer was director of Public Prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. I bet the Tories are furiously digging through the records now to see just how "high" CPS conviction rates were for such crimes under SKS's tenure. I would have thought they have already looked and found nothing to use " this is about sentencing not convictions. No nothing to do with cps. One may also say sentencing has little to do with the government either. | |||
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"Guess it’s working, good or bad, people are talking about Labour. It’s about time, tories have been playing this game for years. What Labour have said is true, this current government claims to be the party of law and order, yet it has attacked the the rule of law, dismantled the legal system, reduced spending in policing, reduced spending in prisons. Have been impotent in rooting out police corruption. Created laws which are part of their ongoing culture wars. For too long, Labour have gone high ground, instead of telling it how it is. Like how the tories have systematically over the past 13 years reduced people’s life expectancies in the UK, or how their war on the poor has actually killed people. The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. " You're really showing yourself up by saying 'what Labour are saying is true'. | |||
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"The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. " @Abernath, Are you serious with this part of your post? I thought I was lost for words from another left wing poster on a different thread, but you have managed to go the extra mile. I'm looking forward to hearing how you got to this conclusion. | |||
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"The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. @Abernath, Are you serious with this part of your post? I thought I was lost for words from another left wing poster on a different thread, but you have managed to go the extra mile. I'm looking forward to hearing how you got to this conclusion. " Check the stats, the tories have been responsible for more deaths in the UK due to their ‘policies’ than any other political party in the 21st Century. | |||
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"Labour have issued a tweet, saying that PM Rishi Sunak, doesnt believe that child abusers should go to prison. I've just seen Labour shadow cabinet member, Lucy Powell, squirm through an interview about it. Despite being asked numerous times if she believed it, she wasn't able to answer yes or no. Are Labour right, or is this a case of playing the man? " Not the best tweet. Givent he Conservatives have bow rolled out every single sex offender that didn't go to jail unter stormers time at the cps Bad time for starmer | |||
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"Labour should be careful if they want to play this attack line. Sir Keir Starmer was director of Public Prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. I bet the Tories are furiously digging through the records now to see just how "high" CPS conviction rates were for such crimes under SKS's tenure. " | |||
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"One of Labour's big selling points was that they are not the conservatives and given how the last few years have been that would have been more than enough. Then they seem to be Tory light but still not conservatives so still better. Now they have given up the moral high ground willingly for better or worse. Getting harder to claim much of a difference lately. Just an opinion" Weird world where the Lib Dems look more radical an opposition than Labour is to the Tories. | |||
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"His role wasn’t to dictate conviction rates " True, but as head of CPS beforehand he's going to be perceived to be at least responsible for charging rate, if not conviction rate, no matter if it's the truth or not. | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. " Compared to the Tories, they had the higher standards. For some reason they decided to lower themselves. Maybe they believe it will help their chances of getting elected? (It definitely won't). | |||
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"The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. @Abernath, Are you serious with this part of your post? I thought I was lost for words from another left wing poster on a different thread, but you have managed to go the extra mile. I'm looking forward to hearing how you got to this conclusion. Check the stats, the tories have been responsible for more deaths in the UK due to their ‘policies’ than any other political party in the 21st Century." Using "genocidal maniacs" is extreme and basically wrong. You have diminished the real atrocities that have been part of a dark and painful history, and it shows zero respect to those who have suffered as a result of genocide. The language you chose to use mirrors the labour parties new campaign, but you have managed to go that one step further in the wrong direction, and that is why the labour parties campaign should be pulled as it encourages this type of nonsense. | |||
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"The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. @Abernath, Are you serious with this part of your post? I thought I was lost for words from another left wing poster on a different thread, but you have managed to go the extra mile. I'm looking forward to hearing how you got to this conclusion. Check the stats, the tories have been responsible for more deaths in the UK due to their ‘policies’ than any other political party in the 21st Century." I think even The Sun would be too ashamed to try to use use that as a meaningful statistic. | |||
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"Guess it’s working, good or bad, people are talking about Labour. It’s about time, tories have been playing this game for years. What Labour have said is true, this current government claims to be the party of law and order, yet it has attacked the the rule of law, dismantled the legal system, reduced spending in policing, reduced spending in prisons. Have been impotent in rooting out police corruption. Created laws which are part of their ongoing culture wars. For too long, Labour have gone high ground, instead of telling it how it is. Like how the tories have systematically over the past 13 years reduced people’s life expectancies in the UK, or how their war on the poor has actually killed people. The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. " hahahaha you never fail to disappoint with your over the top hysterical posts, your funnier than some comedians | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. " Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power." It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly. | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly." Tories also believe that they are superior. That's tribalism. Are Labour supporters not going to vote Labour because of these adds? Probably it will not change their intention. Will it change the swing voter's? Perhaps. They are the ones who Tory attack adds have worked on in the past, so why would the Labour party not do the same? | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly. Tories also believe that they are superior. That's tribalism. Are Labour supporters not going to vote Labour because of these adds? Probably it will not change their intention. Will it change the swing voter's? Perhaps. They are the ones who Tory attack adds have worked on in the past, so why would the Labour party not do the same?" I've never seen a Tory think they're Morally Superior, superior yes but not morally. Actually, judging by what I've been reading it may very well make Labour voters switch their vote. If Owen Jones is taking them to task, you can be rest assured that plenty who aren't as ardent as him are also unhappy about this. | |||
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"His role wasn’t to dictate conviction rates Labour should be careful if they want to play this attack line. Sir Keir Starmer was director of Public Prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. I bet the Tories are furiously digging through the records now to see just how "high" CPS conviction rates were for such crimes under SKS's tenure. " Starmers role at cps was to agree minimum terms people would be jailed for etc. Ig you take responsibility as he did for celebrated prosecutions you take the blame for the failures too. | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly." Agreed. They've messed this up completely. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. " Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. " In fairness, the Tories are using their PR might all the time. They are always "trying". But I agree in general. The party that represents the interests of big corporations (IE the money), are in no real danger of losing the next election. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories " It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. " Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. " And now the old Emily thornerry interviews are resurfacing Hes just dropped several points I " best leader polls" That tweet has been a disaster | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? " Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed?" They like misinformation and lies | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies " The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias..." Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly. Tories also believe that they are superior. That's tribalism. Are Labour supporters not going to vote Labour because of these adds? Probably it will not change their intention. Will it change the swing voter's? Perhaps. They are the ones who Tory attack adds have worked on in the past, so why would the Labour party not do the same? I've never seen a Tory think they're Morally Superior, superior yes but not morally. Actually, judging by what I've been reading it may very well make Labour voters switch their vote. If Owen Jones is taking them to task, you can be rest assured that plenty who aren't as ardent as him are also unhappy about this." Really? I certainly have. I'm not a Labour supporter either. You can process that how you wish. Being unhappy about something and not voting for the Labour party and allowing the Conservative party to remain in powered are very different things. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. And now the old Emily thornerry interviews are resurfacing Hes just dropped several points I " best leader polls" That tweet has been a disaster " This! Whomever I was making the point to, the Tories are always on the case, always "trying". | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? " Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it." The tories have mastered it and they keep winning elections, don’t get me wrong, I think it was a stupid thing to do, but it works for the tories | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it." If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly. Tories also believe that they are superior. That's tribalism. Are Labour supporters not going to vote Labour because of these adds? Probably it will not change their intention. Will it change the swing voter's? Perhaps. They are the ones who Tory attack adds have worked on in the past, so why would the Labour party not do the same? I've never seen a Tory think they're Morally Superior, superior yes but not morally. Actually, judging by what I've been reading it may very well make Labour voters switch their vote. If Owen Jones is taking them to task, you can be rest assured that plenty who aren't as ardent as him are also unhappy about this. Really? I certainly have. I'm not a Labour supporter either. You can process that how you wish. Being unhappy about something and not voting for the Labour party and allowing the Conservative party to remain in powered are very different things." It doesn't matter who you vote for. We all know you're Morally Superior to every single one of us on here. Or are you? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know?" The accusations if his failings at the cps. Thebd data is publicly available as to how he voted on sentencing lengths for criminals found of sexual offences | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusations if his failings at the cps. Thebd data is publicly available as to how he voted on sentencing lengths for criminals found of sexual offences" He was knighted by the tories for his work at the CPS | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. The tories have mastered it and they keep winning elections, don’t get me wrong, I think it was a stupid thing to do, but it works for the tories " Which is why this whole campaign is an absolute own goal. Starmer doubling down, releasing another ad and saying he stands by every word has thrown a spotlight on labours naivety. | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly. Tories also believe that they are superior. That's tribalism. Are Labour supporters not going to vote Labour because of these adds? Probably it will not change their intention. Will it change the swing voter's? Perhaps. They are the ones who Tory attack adds have worked on in the past, so why would the Labour party not do the same? I've never seen a Tory think they're Morally Superior, superior yes but not morally. Actually, judging by what I've been reading it may very well make Labour voters switch their vote. If Owen Jones is taking them to task, you can be rest assured that plenty who aren't as ardent as him are also unhappy about this. Really? I certainly have. I'm not a Labour supporter either. You can process that how you wish. Being unhappy about something and not voting for the Labour party and allowing the Conservative party to remain in powered are very different things. It doesn't matter who you vote for. We all know you're Morally Superior to every single one of us on here. Or are you? " How do you think that makes you look? Clever? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusations if his failings at the cps. Thebd data is publicly available as to how he voted on sentencing lengths for criminals found of sexual offences He was knighted by the tories for his work at the CPS " Yeah. Again you seem unable to distinguish things. In his early life he did good work. Particularly inadmissible evidence from torture etc. But he's accused the tories of failing sexual assault victims and being lenient. When he voted for reduced sentences. | |||
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"It would be better to try and raise standards in politics. It seems that this is just the first of a series of Labour attacks. Again, this is what the Tories have done election after election. It's sad that the Labour party should pursue the same path, but it has been successful. It absolutely had not been the success of Conservative party policies and results that have kept them in power. It may have been successful for the Tories but Labour and Labour supporters like to be known as Morally Superior to the Tories. This has and will continue to backfire spectacularly. Tories also believe that they are superior. That's tribalism. Are Labour supporters not going to vote Labour because of these adds? Probably it will not change their intention. Will it change the swing voter's? Perhaps. They are the ones who Tory attack adds have worked on in the past, so why would the Labour party not do the same? I've never seen a Tory think they're Morally Superior, superior yes but not morally. Actually, judging by what I've been reading it may very well make Labour voters switch their vote. If Owen Jones is taking them to task, you can be rest assured that plenty who aren't as ardent as him are also unhappy about this. Really? I certainly have. I'm not a Labour supporter either. You can process that how you wish. Being unhappy about something and not voting for the Labour party and allowing the Conservative party to remain in powered are very different things. It doesn't matter who you vote for. We all know you're Morally Superior to every single one of us on here. Or are you? How do you think that makes you look? Clever?" Clever? Me, never. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know?" The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. " The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time..." You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? " I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not?" What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour." My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation?" The figures in the tweet don't add up, but in the press release they do, so misleading. What do you think of that, part, to keep it simple and one step at a time. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The figures in the tweet don't add up, but in the press release they do, so misleading. What do you think of that, part, to keep it simple and one step at a time." "Do you think that adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn't. Under the Tories 4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time. Labour will lock up dangerous child abusers." Do the Ministry of Justice's figures back that up or not? After all of this noise, it is a question that will have to be answered in Parliament. In the end, this will be about who has done their homework. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The figures in the tweet don't add up, but in the press release they do, so misleading. What do you think of that, part, to keep it simple and one step at a time. "Do you think that adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn't. Under the Tories 4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time. Labour will lock up dangerous child abusers." Do the Ministry of Justice's figures back that up or not? After all of this noise, it is a question that will have to be answered in Parliament. In the end, this will be about who has done their homework." As I said you are switched on and I expect you to know the figures and the background of the story. You have moved the ads away from a personal attack on Sunak to the literal figures, not justifying the ads but indicating a direction of justification for the ads. Do you support the ads being a personal attack on Sunak? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The figures in the tweet don't add up, but in the press release they do, so misleading. What do you think of that, part, to keep it simple and one step at a time. "Do you think that adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn't. Under the Tories 4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time. Labour will lock up dangerous child abusers." Do the Ministry of Justice's figures back that up or not? After all of this noise, it is a question that will have to be answered in Parliament. In the end, this will be about who has done their homework. As I said you are switched on and I expect you to know the figures and the background of the story. You have moved the ads away from a personal attack on Sunak to the literal figures, not justifying the ads but indicating a direction of justification for the ads. Do you support the ads being a personal attack on Sunak? " I've moved the adds back to the actual adds. They are very specific. The data backs it up or it doesn't. If it doesn't then Labour have destroyed themselves. I'm guessing that they have been very careful and there will be a fact check along in a minute. That means that the Conservative party, and Rishi Sunak will have to deny the statistic somehow, and/or change the law. I don't like personal attacks, but I can also see why the Labour party aren't going to just let the Conservative party play that game. The high road has not won elections but the Conservatives playing dirty have, haven't they? The story has created a lot of publicity over a long Bank Holiday weekend and it will have to be addressed directly by Sunak. The tail of this could be very difficult for the Tories despite the initial wobble in popularity for Starmer. It could be very clever, but could still turn out to be a disaster. I'm not "justifying" anything. I'm not trying to defend the adverts. They are what they are. They are not, however, generalised or targeting one group or another. They are very specifically aimed at the one person in the country in a position to do something about what he is claiming to be vitaly important. In this case, law and order. If you agree about such people being imprisoned and several thousand have not been, does Sunak really believe that they should be if he has done nothing about it? | |||
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"I've moved the adds back to the actual adds. They are very specific. The data backs it up or it doesn't." In the case of the first advert, it doesn't. The ad says that "4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time". The accompanying press release (which hasn't been made available to the public) says that this figure includes those convicted of 'sexual assault', as well as those convicted of 'sexual activity', so they are mixing two different categories to make the numbers bigger. The numbers also cover all convictions since Cameron was elected in 2010. It's hard to see how Rishi Sunak could be held responsible for things that happened 5 years before he became an MP. | |||
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"The Tories are a bunch of genocidal maniacs. @Abernath, Are you serious with this part of your post? I thought I was lost for words from another left wing poster on a different thread, but you have managed to go the extra mile. I'm looking forward to hearing how you got to this conclusion. Check the stats, the tories have been responsible for more deaths in the UK due to their ‘policies’ than any other political party in the 21st Century. Using "genocidal maniacs" is extreme and basically wrong. You have diminished the real atrocities that have been part of a dark and painful history, and it shows zero respect to those who have suffered as a result of genocide. The language you chose to use mirrors the labour parties new campaign, but you have managed to go that one step further in the wrong direction, and that is why the labour parties campaign should be pulled as it encourages this type of nonsense. " Enjoying the view from that high horse? | |||
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"I've moved the adds back to the actual adds. They are very specific. The data backs it up or it doesn't. In the case of the first advert, it doesn't. The ad says that "4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time". The accompanying press release (which hasn't been made available to the public) says that this figure includes those convicted of 'sexual assault', as well as those convicted of 'sexual activity', so they are mixing two different categories to make the numbers bigger. The numbers also cover all convictions since Cameron was elected in 2010. It's hard to see how Rishi Sunak could be held responsible for things that happened 5 years before he became an MP." The Prime Minister or another politician is going to have to stand up and explain the distinction between "sexual assault" and "sexual activity" then. You love these details so please go ahead and write it down here and we can consider how trying to explain why neither are 100% receiving prison sentences is acceptable to the public. | |||
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"The ads are indefensible. Firstly, they are a libel on Sunak personally. Secondly, they are a fraud because Sunak's signature has been used to endorse the tweet. I doubt Sunak will litigate, but in any other walk of life the perpetrators would lose their shirt in legal costs." You say that it is libel with confidence, except the logic will run that if Sunak thought the statement were true he would do something about the statistic, wouldn't he? Finding the approach distasteful is not surprising. It is. It is not what we have been used to from that side of the isle. It would not be surprising from the Tory party though and has been very effective in the past. You can't really blame Labour for using the same tactics although they are clearly more squeamish about it. The difficulty for the Conservative party this time is they have to run on a very long record in Government when they were completely in control of what is and is not a priority. | |||
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"Interestingly enough, The ultra right wingers here are moaning because it steps into their territory for dog whistling. The ultra lefties are moaning because it makes them feel less morally superior. The great thing though, is that you are talking about Keir Starmer. You may rationalise the content of the attack ad. How it’s tying Sunak to 13 years of tory incompetence. But for an electorate who has been trained to work with sound bites. It works into that area. Tories should be worried when Labour encroaches on their territory. Crime is their big ticket policy, and they have no response. " I don't think ultra lefties or ultra eighties are likely to vote Labour anyway. | |||
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"Interestingly enough, The ultra right wingers here are moaning because it steps into their territory for dog whistling. The ultra lefties are moaning because it makes them feel less morally superior. The great thing though, is that you are talking about Keir Starmer. You may rationalise the content of the attack ad. How it’s tying Sunak to 13 years of tory incompetence. But for an electorate who has been trained to work with sound bites. It works into that area. Tories should be worried when Labour encroaches on their territory. Crime is their big ticket policy, and they have no response. " This is exactly it. It's unpleasant and cynical,but exactly what the Tory party has done in every election. It will be difficult for them to now maintain the outrage whilst launching their own attack ads. They will also have to explain some very specific and awkward statistics about crime, which was to be their main campaign platform. Is there any other political story right now? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation?" The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. | |||
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"I've moved the adds back to the actual adds. They are very specific. The data backs it up or it doesn't. In the case of the first advert, it doesn't. The ad says that "4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time". The accompanying press release (which hasn't been made available to the public) says that this figure includes those convicted of 'sexual assault', as well as those convicted of 'sexual activity', so they are mixing two different categories to make the numbers bigger. The numbers also cover all convictions since Cameron was elected in 2010. It's hard to see how Rishi Sunak could be held responsible for things that happened 5 years before he became an MP." 100% | |||
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"Interestingly enough, The ultra right wingers here are moaning because it steps into their territory for dog whistling. The ultra lefties are moaning because it makes them feel less morally superior. The great thing though, is that you are talking about Keir Starmer. You may rationalise the content of the attack ad. How it’s tying Sunak to 13 years of tory incompetence. But for an electorate who has been trained to work with sound bites. It works into that area. Tories should be worried when Labour encroaches on their territory. Crime is their big ticket policy, and they have no response. " I think you've got this the wrong way round. As its spectacularly backfired for keir in the polling. He's dripped several percentage points vs rishi. | |||
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"The Prime Minister or another politician is going to have to stand up and explain the distinction between "sexual assault" and "sexual activity" then. You love these details so please go ahead and write it down here and we can consider how trying to explain why neither are 100% receiving prison sentences is acceptable to the public." It's a complex distinction and many won't agree with it. I doubt the PM or any other politician is going to explain it, and I'm certainly not going to go into detail about it. But the point is that the figure Labour has quoted is wrong. The Tory response can simply be that Keir Starmer has got it wrong, just like he did when he set the sentencing guidelines. It'll certainly be worth watching PMQs this week. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics." What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. | |||
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"The Prime Minister or another politician is going to have to stand up and explain the distinction between "sexual assault" and "sexual activity" then. You love these details so please go ahead and write it down here and we can consider how trying to explain why neither are 100% receiving prison sentences is acceptable to the public. It's a complex distinction and many won't agree with it. I doubt the PM or any other politician is going to explain it, and I'm certainly not going to go into detail about it. But the point is that the figure Labour has quoted is wrong. The Tory response can simply be that Keir Starmer has got it wrong, just like he did when he set the sentencing guidelines. It'll certainly be worth watching PMQs this week." It is not "the point" at all. "The point" is that it it is grabbing media and public attention and it forces the Conservative party and Rishi Sunak to respond directly to a defined statistic. What sentencing guidelines did Kier Starmer set? Summarise the problem that he has caused for himself? | |||
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"The great thing though, is that you are talking about Keir Starmer." Sadly though, we're all talking about how incompetent he is. I'm not convinced that the ads will improve Starmer's ratings in the long run. "You may rationalise the content of the attack ad. How it’s tying Sunak to 13 years of tory incompetence." The ad does do an excellent job in that respect. However, Rishi has only been in position for 6 months, and he still feels quite new, so the tie might not stick on that aspect. It'll be interesting to see how the polls stand in 3 months time. | |||
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"I've moved the adds back to the actual adds. They are very specific. The data backs it up or it doesn't. In the case of the first advert, it doesn't. The ad says that "4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time". The accompanying press release (which hasn't been made available to the public) says that this figure includes those convicted of 'sexual assault', as well as those convicted of 'sexual activity', so they are mixing two different categories to make the numbers bigger. The numbers also cover all convictions since Cameron was elected in 2010. It's hard to see how Rishi Sunak could be held responsible for things that happened 5 years before he became an MP. 100%" Does it matter? Same party, same "tough on crime" schtick. Has Sunak done anything about this since being in power? Is it important to him or not? It doesn't matter if it is feasible for everything to be a priority. This is politics. The Conservative party have used innuendo for a number of years in their attack adds. The outrage is interesting to observe when reversed. | |||
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"Interestingly enough, The ultra right wingers here are moaning because it steps into their territory for dog whistling. The ultra lefties are moaning because it makes them feel less morally superior. The great thing though, is that you are talking about Keir Starmer. You may rationalise the content of the attack ad. How it’s tying Sunak to 13 years of tory incompetence. But for an electorate who has been trained to work with sound bites. It works into that area. Tories should be worried when Labour encroaches on their territory. Crime is their big ticket policy, and they have no response. I think you've got this the wrong way round. As its spectacularly backfired for keir in the polling. He's dripped several percentage points vs rishi." It will be interesting to see how that develops when Sunak and his Ministers have to start answering direct questions on the statistics in Parliament and in interviews. Are they going to start to try to make a distinction between abuse and activities? Will they be able to explain why they are bringing in legislation about Rwanda deportations ahead of custodial sentencing for these crimes? None of this has started yet. You are correct that it could all turn out to be a disaster. It may also turn out to be quite a startling success. To be seen. | |||
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"It's despicable for ANYONE to attempt scoring cheap political points via such horrific means. End of. " Jimmy Saville accusations have been going on for years... | |||
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"It's despicable for ANYONE to attempt scoring cheap political points via such horrific means. End of. Jimmy Saville accusations have been going on for years..." What has that got to do with the THREAD SUBJECT....?? Reply how you will but, I for one, decline to recognise your posts forthwith. END OF. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak." Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today." Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial?" Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact?" You're wasting your time. I know you probably already know this but is it really worth it? | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact?" I know about the Sentencing Council. I have not done any research into exactly what Kier Starmer did or did not vote on as I'm sure the press will be busy doing exactly that. I'm sure that the Labour party were aware that this would happen before they launched this campaign. If you have, I'm interested to know what you have discovered that is pertinent. I'm on the forum talking about how this may play out politically and why the logic behind it may be. If you have some useful information to contribute then please go ahead. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact? I know about the Sentencing Council. I have not done any research into exactly what Kier Starmer did or did not vote on as I'm sure the press will be busy doing exactly that. I'm sure that the Labour party were aware that this would happen before they launched this campaign. If you have, I'm interested to know what you have discovered that is pertinent. I'm on the forum talking about how this may play out politically and why the logic behind it may be. If you have some useful information to contribute then please go ahead." You didn't know about the sentencing Council. We kow you're lying. Why do nt you take the day off and actually research something for once. | |||
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"The Prime Minister or another politician is going to have to stand up and explain the distinction between "sexual assault" and "sexual activity" then. You love these details so please go ahead and write it down here and we can consider how trying to explain why neither are 100% receiving prison sentences is acceptable to the public." "It's a complex distinction and many won't agree with it. I doubt the PM or any other politician is going to explain it, and I'm certainly not going to go into detail about it. But the point is that the figure Labour has quoted is wrong. The Tory response can simply be that Keir Starmer has got it wrong, just like he did when he set the sentencing guidelines. It'll certainly be worth watching PMQs this week." "It is not "the point" at all. "The point" is that it it is grabbing media and public attention and it forces the Conservative party and Rishi Sunak to respond directly to a defined statistic." I don't need to be told what my point was, and it most definitely was that the Tories can stand up and say, completely honestly, that "Labour is just wrong". "What sentencing guidelines did Kier Starmer set? Summarise the problem that he has caused for himself?" The problem is that Kier Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. That means that he directed the sentencing council for 3 of the years that the stats cover. If Labour want to use the 'Rishi is in position, he should have done something by now' tactic, then the Tories can just say 'Starmer was in charge for 3 years, why didn't he do anything about it'. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact? I know about the Sentencing Council. I have not done any research into exactly what Kier Starmer did or did not vote on as I'm sure the press will be busy doing exactly that. I'm sure that the Labour party were aware that this would happen before they launched this campaign. If you have, I'm interested to know what you have discovered that is pertinent. I'm on the forum talking about how this may play out politically and why the logic behind it may be. If you have some useful information to contribute then please go ahead. You didn't know about the sentencing Council. We kow you're lying. Why do nt you take the day off and actually research something for once. " You do keep just writing stuff and claiming that it's true. Accusing people of "lying" is childish. Especially when you keep demanding specific words or time stamps to provide "proof" to you as if you are the arbiter. The Sentencing Council has it's only little website and the Telegraph and Conservative Home were all over it. What did Kier Starker vote for or against that is pertinent to this Tweet or any of the others that are rolling out? I don't know, but apparently you do. | |||
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"The Prime Minister or another politician is going to have to stand up and explain the distinction between "sexual assault" and "sexual activity" then. You love these details so please go ahead and write it down here and we can consider how trying to explain why neither are 100% receiving prison sentences is acceptable to the public. It's a complex distinction and many won't agree with it. I doubt the PM or any other politician is going to explain it, and I'm certainly not going to go into detail about it. But the point is that the figure Labour has quoted is wrong. The Tory response can simply be that Keir Starmer has got it wrong, just like he did when he set the sentencing guidelines. It'll certainly be worth watching PMQs this week. It is not "the point" at all. "The point" is that it it is grabbing media and public attention and it forces the Conservative party and Rishi Sunak to respond directly to a defined statistic. I don't need to be told what my point was, and it most definitely was that the Tories can stand up and say, completely honestly, that "Labour is just wrong". What sentencing guidelines did Kier Starmer set? Summarise the problem that he has caused for himself? The problem is that Kier Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. That means that he directed the sentencing council for 3 of the years that the stats cover. If Labour want to use the 'Rishi is in position, he should have done something by now' tactic, then the Tories can just say 'Starmer was in charge for 3 years, why didn't he do anything about it'." The point of the Tweet is not to answer the point that you have chosen to focus on. It has a completely different aim and purpose. Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council? Do you know how it functions and what parameters it operates within? I don't. Kier Starmer probably does know... | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact? I know about the Sentencing Council. I have not done any research into exactly what Kier Starmer did or did not vote on as I'm sure the press will be busy doing exactly that. I'm sure that the Labour party were aware that this would happen before they launched this campaign. If you have, I'm interested to know what you have discovered that is pertinent. I'm on the forum talking about how this may play out politically and why the logic behind it may be. If you have some useful information to contribute then please go ahead. You didn't know about the sentencing Council. We kow you're lying. Why do nt you take the day off and actually research something for once. You do keep just writing stuff and claiming that it's true. Accusing people of "lying" is childish. Especially when you keep demanding specific words or time stamps to provide "proof" to you as if you are the arbiter. The Sentencing Council has it's only little website and the Telegraph and Conservative Home were all over it. What did Kier Starker vote for or against that is pertinent to this Tweet or any of the others that are rolling out? I don't know, but apparently you do." Why don't you know? Because you haven't read the annual report? They decided on more lenient sentences. | |||
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"I totally agree they have messed this up, and rolling it out at locals emphasises their uncertainty. No clear strategy and showing their cards so early on is rather embarrassing. The polls will be narrowing for the main event, I'm sure, and the tories haven't needed to try. Labour might lose votes because of this but they won’t be going to the Tories It doesn't matter where the voters go if they don't vote for labour, it will be damaging. Maybe, it might sway a few tories to vote labour though (unlikely ) . Why do you think Tory voters seem to like these types of tweets but labour voters don’t ? Have you got this the wrong way around. Why would tories vote for Labour on a Labour tweet that was ill informed? They like misinformation and lies The misinformation and lies in this thread are very much from those with a very left leaning bias... Really? If labour are adopting a Tory tactic (the tweet) surely this will appeal to a Tory voter, otherwise why would the tories do the same? Why are you saying adopting a tory tactic? This type of thing has been around for years and labour are not newcomers to the game but have yet to master it. If that's the case then there is nothing new to discuss. Are the accusations in any way true, do we know? The accusation that labour have got this wrong is most definitely true, in my opinion. The accusations made in the Tweet. Are they correct? Boris Johnson lied aggressively about many things and it did him no harm for quite some time... You are never one too shy away from an opinion, what do you think? I'm asking because I'm not certain that you, or most of the other people commenting on this thread. So, that was my real question. Have you checked to see if the Tweet is correct, or not? What are you trying to achieve with this type of questioning? Prove the numbers are correct or that Labour are right to put the blame on Sunak, in a personal attack? You tell me your motive for the question, after you have already shown your disappointment in the direction taken by labour. My motive for the question is that nobody seems to be asking if Rishi Sunak, or his Party over many years, could have done anything to send all such offenders to prison. Could they have and should they have if they are he party of law and order? What's your answer to the question in the Tweet? What has Sunak, or his party, done about the situation? The process is there fkr yout o folk wabout who sets prison sentences and guidelines. Have a dig round. See who was on the board Clue. He was the leader of the cps at the time and voted for more lenient sentences before a certain dishy even started in politics. What "the board" are you talking about, and what vote? I would imagine that this has been extensively gamed before launch. It's possible,but I'd be quite surprised if Kier Starmer had voted for more non-custodial sentencing on this matter or against the other o es being raised. If so, then this really would be a foolish line of attack. If not, then the response will look weak. Maybe you should sit back and read up on things before commenting if you don't know about the sentencing cou Cole that starmer sat on that devises how sentences are dished out? He sat on the Council that decided on mor lenient sentences for sexual offenders in 2013...the same guidelines in use today. Please explain further. What sentences did he make more lenient? Were they on this topic and was there any change to make them non-custodial? Can we first establish then. You haven't read about the sentencing Council and who site on it. Why it exists. What changes it made in 2013. Will you be adult enough to admit you haven't read the decision of tbe cpu cil and cps on guidance. Yet you are kn a forum talking about its impact? I know about the Sentencing Council. I have not done any research into exactly what Kier Starmer did or did not vote on as I'm sure the press will be busy doing exactly that. I'm sure that the Labour party were aware that this would happen before they launched this campaign. If you have, I'm interested to know what you have discovered that is pertinent. I'm on the forum talking about how this may play out politically and why the logic behind it may be. If you have some useful information to contribute then please go ahead. You didn't know about the sentencing Council. We kow you're lying. Why do nt you take the day off and actually research something for once. You do keep just writing stuff and claiming that it's true. Accusing people of "lying" is childish. Especially when you keep demanding specific words or time stamps to provide "proof" to you as if you are the arbiter. The Sentencing Council has it's only little website and the Telegraph and Conservative Home were all over it. What did Kier Starker vote for or against that is pertinent to this Tweet or any of the others that are rolling out? I don't know, but apparently you do. Why don't you know? Because you haven't read the annual report? They decided on more lenient sentences. " No, I haven't. As I said, that will soon be summarised and made available as I am sure Starmer and his team would have considered. More lenient sentences for what? How much more lenient? | |||
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"Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council? Yes. Hence the phrase "Director of Public Prosecutions"." They are not the same thing, are they? | |||
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"Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council?" "Yes. Hence the phrase "Director of Public Prosecutions"." "They are not the same thing, are they?" Well, no, they aren't. But I foolishly assumed that you would be aware of the way in which the CPS directs the focus of the Sentencing Council. The Director of Public Prosecutions, 'directs' other parts of the Ministry of Justice to address any issues which affect public prosecutions. As such, he can 'direct' the Sentencing Council to reassess the sentencing guidelines if they have become too lenient. | |||
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"Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council? Yes. Hence the phrase "Director of Public Prosecutions". They are not the same thing, are they? Well, no, they aren't. But I foolishly assumed that you would be aware of the way in which the CPS directs the focus of the Sentencing Council. The Director of Public Prosecutions, 'directs' other parts of the Ministry of Justice to address any issues which affect public prosecutions. As such, he can 'direct' the Sentencing Council to reassess the sentencing guidelines if they have become too lenient." Really? The Director of Public Prosecutions directs departments who he has no administrative control over? You also think that the DPP "directs" the Sentencing Council? Why would the opinion of the DPP decide what sentences are too lenient? You think that's in their job description? Whatever would you think that? | |||
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"Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council? Yes. Hence the phrase "Director of Public Prosecutions". They are not the same thing, are they? Well, no, they aren't. But I foolishly assumed that you would be aware of the way in which the CPS directs the focus of the Sentencing Council. The Director of Public Prosecutions, 'directs' other parts of the Ministry of Justice to address any issues which affect public prosecutions. As such, he can 'direct' the Sentencing Council to reassess the sentencing guidelines if they have become too lenient. Really? The Director of Public Prosecutions directs departments who he has no administrative control over? You also think that the DPP "directs" the Sentencing Council? Why would the opinion of the DPP decide what sentences are too lenient? You think that's in their job description? Whatever would you think that?" What are you blabbing on about now? Keir Starmer whilst DPP sat on the council which produced said guidelines. Are you actually arguing that as DPP he had no say over the matter? If so, what's the point in the DPP sitting on the council? Genuinely struggle to see where you come up with this shit sometimes. | |||
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"Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council? Yes. Hence the phrase "Director of Public Prosecutions". They are not the same thing, are they? Well, no, they aren't. But I foolishly assumed that you would be aware of the way in which the CPS directs the focus of the Sentencing Council. The Director of Public Prosecutions, 'directs' other parts of the Ministry of Justice to address any issues which affect public prosecutions. As such, he can 'direct' the Sentencing Council to reassess the sentencing guidelines if they have become too lenient. Really? The Director of Public Prosecutions directs departments who he has no administrative control over? You also think that the DPP "directs" the Sentencing Council? Why would the opinion of the DPP decide what sentences are too lenient? You think that's in their job description? Whatever would you think that? What are you blabbing on about now? Keir Starmer whilst DPP sat on the council which produced said guidelines. Are you actually arguing that as DPP he had no say over the matter? If so, what's the point in the DPP sitting on the council? Genuinely struggle to see where you come up with this shit sometimes." I know that you genuinely struggle with many things. The DPP "addresses" matters by being one of many at the table in the Sentencing Council. He doesn't "direct" anything except for his own department. Are you able to state what parameters the Sentencing Council has control over, what matters are defined and if any of those being Tweeted about were addressed when he was in post? I'm sure that the press will tell us soon enough. All that is known in that he sat on this organisation. The rest seems to be assumption and speculation, apart from one person on here who has, apparently, read the minutes but not shared any more. | |||
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"Really? The Director of Public Prosecutions directs departments who he has no administrative control over?" Yes. The Police, the CPS, and the courts are all separate organisations. The CPS however can direct the police to gather more evidence, or to drop a case. The CPS can also direct judges to hear a case, or bar them from doing so. "You also think that the DPP "directs" the Sentencing Council?" Yes. The Sentencing Council don't just go and examine random pieces of legislation, they get told which areas of law are causing concern. Their process and decision is made independently of political interference, but the areas that they consider are given to them. "Why would the opinion of the DPP decide what sentences are too lenient?" It wouldn't. Part of the DPP's job is to ensure public satisfaction with the legal system. If the public feel that a certain offence is being treated too harshly or leniently, it is the DPP's job to do whatever might be necessary to address that public feeling. The DPP gets to tell the Sentencing Council what to look at. He doesn't get to tell them the result that he wants. "You think that's in their job description?" Yes. | |||
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"The DPP "addresses" matters by being one of many at the table in the Sentencing Council. He doesn't "direct" anything except for his own department." Oh, I see! You're confusing 'direct' with 'control'. "Direct" means 'to set the direction of, to initiate action'. "Control" means 'to determine the outcome of, to determine the procedure and decisions of'. The DPP directs the Sentencing Council, he doesn't have any form of control over it | |||
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"Did he "direct" the Sentencing Council? Yes. Hence the phrase "Director of Public Prosecutions". They are not the same thing, are they? Well, no, they aren't. But I foolishly assumed that you would be aware of the way in which the CPS directs the focus of the Sentencing Council. The Director of Public Prosecutions, 'directs' other parts of the Ministry of Justice to address any issues which affect public prosecutions. As such, he can 'direct' the Sentencing Council to reassess the sentencing guidelines if they have become too lenient. Really? The Director of Public Prosecutions directs departments who he has no administrative control over? You also think that the DPP "directs" the Sentencing Council? Why would the opinion of the DPP decide what sentences are too lenient? You think that's in their job description? Whatever would you think that? What are you blabbing on about now? Keir Starmer whilst DPP sat on the council which produced said guidelines. Are you actually arguing that as DPP he had no say over the matter? If so, what's the point in the DPP sitting on the council? Genuinely struggle to see where you come up with this shit sometimes. I know that you genuinely struggle with many things. The DPP "addresses" matters by being one of many at the table in the Sentencing Council. He doesn't "direct" anything except for his own department. Are you able to state what parameters the Sentencing Council has control over, what matters are defined and if any of those being Tweeted about were addressed when he was in post? I'm sure that the press will tell us soon enough. All that is known in that he sat on this organisation. The rest seems to be assumption and speculation, apart from one person on here who has, apparently, read the minutes but not shared any more." Why don't we just cancel all 'councillors' being that their voices aren't actually heard then. You genuinely couldn't make it up | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. " Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses | |||
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"Really? The Director of Public Prosecutions directs departments who he has no administrative control over? Yes. The Police, the CPS, and the courts are all separate organisations. The CPS however can direct the police to gather more evidence, or to drop a case. The CPS can also direct judges to hear a case, or bar them from doing so. You also think that the DPP "directs" the Sentencing Council? Yes. The Sentencing Council don't just go and examine random pieces of legislation, they get told which areas of law are causing concern. Their process and decision is made independently of political interference, but the areas that they consider are given to them. Why would the opinion of the DPP decide what sentences are too lenient? It wouldn't. Part of the DPP's job is to ensure public satisfaction with the legal system. If the public feel that a certain offence is being treated too harshly or leniently, it is the DPP's job to do whatever might be necessary to address that public feeling. The DPP gets to tell the Sentencing Council what to look at. He doesn't get to tell them the result that he wants. You think that's in their job description? Yes." The CPS can say that they need more evidence to bring a prosecution or not take a prosecution to court. That is not directing the Police. It is asking for assistance and cooperation and making a decision in their own area of competence. You also think that the CPS picks which judges do and do not hear a given case? That will be interesting for judges to discover and would not appear at all suspicious if it were the case. You don't think that the Sentencing Council identifies priorities for the development of guidelines then? I don't believe that they examine legislation at all. Perhaps you should tell them? They seem to think otherwise. I guess the DPP should take a look at their job description too being responsible for both public satisfaction in the legal process with surveys and opinion polls, I guess and telling the Sentencing Council and Police and Judiciary what to do. You have a different set of information to that available to the general public then, but good to know... | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. " Are these the same tax loopholes or different ones? I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and current Prime Minister do though, don't they? | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses " They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. " It's not looking good right now. I've disagreed over the last year with Johnny but he may well be right in that the Tories will hold onto power. Its possible if Labour keep this up | |||
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"The DPP "addresses" matters by being one of many at the table in the Sentencing Council. He doesn't "direct" anything except for his own department. Oh, I see! You're confusing 'direct' with 'control'. "Direct" means 'to set the direction of, to initiate action'. "Control" means 'to determine the outcome of, to determine the procedure and decisions of'. The DPP directs the Sentencing Council, he doesn't have any form of control over it " Ah. Pedantry. I don't think that you do see anything but the details, and not always those. How about finding the definitions of "Director" which was your original point and "address"? | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. It's not looking good right now. I've disagreed over the last year with Johnny but he may well be right in that the Tories will hold onto power. Its possible if Labour keep this up " the strangest of things is this implosive self destruction is to support the local elections. | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. It's not looking good right now. I've disagreed over the last year with Johnny but he may well be right in that the Tories will hold onto power. Its possible if Labour keep this up the strangest of things is this implosive self destruction is to support the local elections. " I guess we will find out in a few weeks whether they have this strategy right or not | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. It's not looking good right now. I've disagreed over the last year with Johnny but he may well be right in that the Tories will hold onto power. Its possible if Labour keep this up the strangest of things is this implosive self destruction is to support the local elections. I guess we will find out in a few weeks whether they have this strategy right or not " I think the damage will impact the GE now. They seem hell bent on throwing themselves under the bus to win local councils but I think the damage has been done now as they continue to make themselves look less likely to be fit for power. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ?" Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist." are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold ...." Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are... | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. It's not looking good right now. I've disagreed over the last year with Johnny but he may well be right in that the Tories will hold onto power. Its possible if Labour keep this up the strangest of things is this implosive self destruction is to support the local elections. I guess we will find out in a few weeks whether they have this strategy right or not I think the damage will impact the GE now. They seem hell bent on throwing themselves under the bus to win local councils but I think the damage has been done now as they continue to make themselves look less likely to be fit for power. " I think labour will do well I councils. People tend to use them as protest votes. But the polling isnt a good look for a GE in 18 months | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold ...." The courses are following tbe guidance given by tbe Council. Which made it so that offenders didn't have to go to jail for sexual offences. Amazingly Emily Thornbury at the time was VERY critical of starmer, now she works with him as shadow attorney General. It's a tough pill to swallow | |||
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"The next "advert" by Labour has been released. This time they aim at the PM's wife, for using a legal tax loophole. But no mention of SKS doing the same thing, with the tax break that he gets on his pension. Notice how it says they would freeze council tax to help and pay for it via 'windfall tax. No mention of closing the very loophole that they're stating 'family' uses They also say they would freeze council tax this year if they were in power. That is like saying if the ball had gone over the line it would have been a goal Who the hell hit the labour self destruct button. It's not looking good right now. I've disagreed over the last year with Johnny but he may well be right in that the Tories will hold onto power. Its possible if Labour keep this up the strangest of things is this implosive self destruction is to support the local elections. I guess we will find out in a few weeks whether they have this strategy right or not I think the damage will impact the GE now. They seem hell bent on throwing themselves under the bus to win local councils but I think the damage has been done now as they continue to make themselves look less likely to be fit for power. I think labour will do well I councils. People tend to use them as protest votes. But the polling isnt a good look for a GE in 18 months " I think they know the local elections will be good for them so they can use these attacks now and claim they have gone well and the public agree. It just seems to be an unnecessary risk when they have just to wait for the GE to win. Maybe they see sunak as a risk since the NI issue resolution and overreacted | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions." You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. " That’s a deal worth having, he is inflation proof. Wow | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are..." it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. That’s a deal worth having, he is inflation proof. Wow" Which is why he's got very little ground to stand on by shooting the PM's wife as the figurehead of the non-dom tax loophole, when he's got a tailor-made inflation-proof pension scheme enshrined in UK law just for him. That screams even more of privilege than any number of non-dom rich people in the UK. Whoever is advising Labour's current hatchet campaign against the Tories is clearly not doing it in the best interest of the party and setting them up for strong Tory attacks running up to the next general election. And all of this done just to fight local elections in May? Nuts. | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. That’s a deal worth having, he is inflation proof. Wow Which is why he's got very little ground to stand on by shooting the PM's wife as the figurehead of the non-dom tax loophole, when he's got a tailor-made inflation-proof pension scheme enshrined in UK law just for him. That screams even more of privilege than any number of non-dom rich people in the UK. Whoever is advising Labour's current hatchet campaign against the Tories is clearly not doing it in the best interest of the party and setting them up for strong Tory attacks running up to the next general election. And all of this done just to fight local elections in May? Nuts. " | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. That’s a deal worth having, he is inflation proof. Wow Which is why he's got very little ground to stand on by shooting the PM's wife as the figurehead of the non-dom tax loophole, when he's got a tailor-made inflation-proof pension scheme enshrined in UK law just for him. That screams even more of privilege than any number of non-dom rich people in the UK. Whoever is advising Labour's current hatchet campaign against the Tories is clearly not doing it in the best interest of the party and setting them up for strong Tory attacks running up to the next general election. And all of this done just to fight local elections in May? Nuts. " looks similar to https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/802/contents/made As I understand it, it's not a carve out just for SKS, but for that pension scheme which doesn't have tax relief on the way in (so doesn't get taxed on the way out) Is that privalage ? Maybe the scheme is super generous ... But that's not what is being argued. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. " Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. " ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. " Did he set it? | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... The courses are following tbe guidance given by tbe Council. Which made it so that offenders didn't have to go to jail for sexual offences. Amazingly Emily Thornbury at the time was VERY critical of starmer, now she works with him as shadow attorney General. It's a tough pill to swallow" Are they? What do the guidelines that Starmer had a hand in say? What can they change and what can't they change? You seem to know. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? " Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019 | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019" we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. " No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024 | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024" ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. " We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m?" Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' | |||
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"Is there any Brexit dividend? No.'" You're arguing on your own here. No one (in this thread) has claimed a Brexit benefit. The claim (in this thread) is that the bus said £350 a week to the NHS, and that's what happened. If you want to argue about Brexit, this isn't the right thread to do it. | |||
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"Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' You're arguing on your own here. No one (in this thread) has claimed a Brexit benefit. The claim (in this thread) is that the bus said £350 a week to the NHS, and that's what happened. If you want to argue about Brexit, this isn't the right thread to do it." Really? Brexit bis and £350m to the NHS paid and it being ruled as a "true" figure in court? You are choosing to argue without having read the rest of the chain, it seems. Not for you to police anyway. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m?" irrc and I'm rusty we didn't hand over 350m. But 270. So it's more like a TV being advertised for 350, but us being given a deal of 270 and paying that. The fact we also get vouchers into of that makes it a better deal. But we didn't pay 350. | |||
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"Is there any Brexit dividend? No.'" "You're arguing on your own here. No one (in this thread) has claimed a Brexit benefit. The claim (in this thread) is that the bus said £350 a week to the NHS, and that's what happened. If you want to argue about Brexit, this isn't the right thread to do it." "Really? Brexit bis and £350m to the NHS paid and it being ruled as a "true" figure in court? You are choosing to argue without having read the rest of the chain, it seems." Perhaps you should read the chain again. It started with someone saying that people remember political campaigns, but not the following rebuttal. They brought up the bus as an example. It was then picked up by someone else claiming that the numbers were correct. There was then a bit of a discussion about whether the NHS received the figure that was on the bus. No one mentioned 'Brexit benefits' until you arrived. "Not for you to police anyway." Well how about everyone else in the thread? Let's see how many of them thought that they were discussing Brexit benefits. Hands up please. | |||
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"Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' You're arguing on your own here. No one (in this thread) has claimed a Brexit benefit. The claim (in this thread) is that the bus said £350 a week to the NHS, and that's what happened. If you want to argue about Brexit, this isn't the right thread to do it. Really? Brexit bis and £350m to the NHS paid and it being ruled as a "true" figure in court? You are choosing to argue without having read the rest of the chain, it seems. Perhaps you should read the chain again. It started with someone saying that people remember political campaigns, but not the following rebuttal. They brought up the bus as an example. It was then picked up by someone else claiming that the numbers were correct. There was then a bit of a discussion about whether the NHS received the figure that was on the bus. No one mentioned 'Brexit benefits' until you arrived. Not for you to police anyway. Well how about everyone else in the thread? Let's see how many of them thought that they were discussing Brexit benefits. Hands up please." I'm not at all interested in your little side argument. | |||
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"Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' You're arguing on your own here. No one (in this thread) has claimed a Brexit benefit. The claim (in this thread) is that the bus said £350 a week to the NHS, and that's what happened. If you want to argue about Brexit, this isn't the right thread to do it. Really? Brexit bis and £350m to the NHS paid and it being ruled as a "true" figure in court? You are choosing to argue without having read the rest of the chain, it seems. Perhaps you should read the chain again. It started with someone saying that people remember political campaigns, but not the following rebuttal. They brought up the bus as an example. It was then picked up by someone else claiming that the numbers were correct. There was then a bit of a discussion about whether the NHS received the figure that was on the bus. No one mentioned 'Brexit benefits' until you arrived. Not for you to police anyway. Well how about everyone else in the thread? Let's see how many of them thought that they were discussing Brexit benefits. Hands up please." Well to be fair (and me and Easy have locked horns a few times so not like I am defending him as part of “my tribe”) it would be pretty disingenuous to try to break the connection between advertising on the side of a bus as part of the Leave campaign and that claim being a supposed brexit benefit. The Leave campaign were clearly touting the £350m a week to the NHS as a brexit benefit so I cannot see how it can be discussed without mentioning the words brexit and benefit! This isn’t fight club!!!!!! | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.'" Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m?irrc and I'm rusty we didn't hand over 350m. But 270. So it's more like a TV being advertised for 350, but us being given a deal of 270 and paying that. The fact we also get vouchers into of that makes it a better deal. But we didn't pay 350. " No we handed over 350m and got back so.e mo ey to spend where the e.u dictated. We didn't get the money back. If I gove you £350 and you give me £100 of vouchers. How much have I given you? | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. " If you cannot or will not read then you will end up believing the things that you do. The the ruling was on if to hear a case about abuse of state power, not on if it was appropriate. I have quoted what was said. All that was made I to law was an increase in the NHS budget. Claiming that it was anything to do with leaving the EU is laughable. There's an FT article on it. See the link and the quote to that too? | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. " The point that you were making, I think: https://news.sky.com/story/labour-attack-ads-the-political-campaigns-that-have-cut-through-and-their-impact-on-elections-12855104 Incidentally, the Tony Blair and Ed Miliband adverts were pretty personal | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. If you cannot or will not read then you will end up believing the things that you do. The the ruling was on if to hear a case about abuse of state power, not on if it was appropriate. I have quoted what was said. All that was made I to law was an increase in the NHS budget. Claiming that it was anything to do with leaving the EU is laughable. There's an FT article on it. See the link and the quote to that too?" Have you read the ruling on the judiciary website? See the bit on Ingredients of the offense. | |||
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"I don't believe that Kier Starmer or any other Civil Servant has any influence on taxation of pensions. You don't? Perhaps you should read The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2588/regulation/3/made It's only short so it won't take long. Let us know if you change your mind. That’s a deal worth having, he is inflation proof. Wow Which is why he's got very little ground to stand on by shooting the PM's wife as the figurehead of the non-dom tax loophole, when he's got a tailor-made inflation-proof pension scheme enshrined in UK law just for him. That screams even more of privilege than any number of non-dom rich people in the UK. Whoever is advising Labour's current hatchet campaign against the Tories is clearly not doing it in the best interest of the party and setting them up for strong Tory attacks running up to the next general election. And all of this done just to fight local elections in May? Nuts. " I see this post was passed over….. Good points and an eye opener into Starmer’s pension comfort blanket | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. If you cannot or will not read then you will end up believing the things that you do. The the ruling was on if to hear a case about abuse of state power, not on if it was appropriate. I have quoted what was said. All that was made I to law was an increase in the NHS budget. Claiming that it was anything to do with leaving the EU is laughable. There's an FT article on it. See the link and the quote to that too? Have you read the ruling on the judiciary website? See the bit on Ingredients of the offense." You are having to work hard now, aren't you? The ruling doesn't say that the figure was correct or that Johnson's language was "appropriate" or in any other way giving approval of either, does it? | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. If you cannot or will not read then you will end up believing the things that you do. The the ruling was on if to hear a case about abuse of state power, not on if it was appropriate. I have quoted what was said. All that was made I to law was an increase in the NHS budget. Claiming that it was anything to do with leaving the EU is laughable. There's an FT article on it. See the link and the quote to that too? Have you read the ruling on the judiciary website? See the bit on Ingredients of the offense. You are having to work hard now, aren't you? The ruling doesn't say that the figure was correct or that Johnson's language was "appropriate" or in any other way giving approval of either, does it?" It does. See if you can find it | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. If you cannot or will not read then you will end up believing the things that you do. The the ruling was on if to hear a case about abuse of state power, not on if it was appropriate. I have quoted what was said. All that was made I to law was an increase in the NHS budget. Claiming that it was anything to do with leaving the EU is laughable. There's an FT article on it. See the link and the quote to that too? Have you read the ruling on the judiciary website? See the bit on Ingredients of the offense. You are having to work hard now, aren't you? The ruling doesn't say that the figure was correct or that Johnson's language was "appropriate" or in any other way giving approval of either, does it? It does. See if you can find it " No, it doesn't, but bless your heart for trying as you always do when you are wedded to your argument. The point was always that £350m didn't actually paid to the EU on total because of the huge rebate. That is what was clarified in the judgement under "Ingredients of the Offence". If they had told the actual truth, there would be no issue. The judgement also made it clear that political lies cannot be given as a reason for misconduct in public office, not that no lies were told. "...there is no precedent for any office holder being prosecuted for misconduct in public office for wilfully making/endorsing a misleading statement in and for the purposes of political campaigning, or even any comparable case." For someone so keen on reading and detail, you seem to struggle with it. Expert lawyer as well as expert economist? | |||
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"With all the arguing about control versus direction, is it fair to say "Man who say on sentencing council had more opportunities to prevent non custodial sentences over the last 12 years than man who has only just became PM". That's my issue with this. Also, do we what SKS would do differently if he were PM ? Does he? What are the parameters of control that they have over this? There seems to be a lot of assumption a out what the Sentencing Council actually do. I was under the impression that their job was to ensure consistent sentencing not define a minimum or maximum which is defined in the legislation. I'm sure that the intent is to associate the Prime Minister with the party that he belongs to that has been in power for a long time. Sunak's short administration have been working on judicial legislation, but not about these matters. About Rwanda repatriation flights. So reasonable to ask what he cares more about? I imagine Starmer will legislate for a minimum custodial sentence for certain crimes which does not currently exist.are courts not following the guidelines? In my mind either the courts are being soft (who has oversight of this?) The courts are applying the guidelines and the guidelines are too soft (sentencing council) Or The courts are applying the guidelines and these are expected results for minor cases (labour tweet is disingenuous) Bring up priorities is a different angle not being taken by labour. Is an interesting one as it brings brexit into the fold .... Again, what can the guidelines define? If non-custodial sentences are in the legislation then there is presumably a definition about what for and why. I doubt that the Sentencing Council can change this just ensure that it is applied consistently. I believe. I'm sure someone will be along with a definitive answer soon. As he sat on the Council I'm pretty sure that Starmer knows if this sets him up for trouble or not. This has all got a lot of publicity, will lead to Sunak and his Government having to answer specific questions about if the topics are important and why haven't they done anything of they are...it seems the Guidelines provide guidance on factors the court should take into account that may affect the sentence. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused to the victim and how blameworthy the offender is. Which to me suggests it's the guidelines that determine when and why. Although I'm not 100pc because until now I've never thought about it and have only read a few bits to avoid simply just guessing. But I believe that even if Starmer did have influence, and even if the guidelines are being used as expected, they would still run this campaign. As the floating votee doesn't really care for details. They remember the campaign, not the rebuttal. Or the context. See also: numbers on buses. Numbers om buses was true. It was signed into law I parliame t at 397m per annum. ??? Bus said 350m per week. Which law? Under TM the pay increase was guarantees as a minimum and signed into law in 2019we are talking different things. I'm talking the brexit bus. No we aren't. The brexit bus promised 350m TM signed into parliament a guaranteed increase of 397m a week for the nhs until 2024ah okay. You lost me by saying per annum. But regardless, we weren't giving 350m to the EU which was called a misuse of statistics. But it's the number many take as fact because it was prominent. That's my point here rather than was a promise delivered. We were. A judge ruled on it. It was a correct use. If I give you £350m a d you give me £100 of vouchers to spend Inc retain shops. I've still given you £350m the uk ended up actually giving mor ein it's final.term.of.membership I think..roughly 370m? Did a judge actually rule on that, or was the ruling that Boris Johnson could not be tried for misconduct in public office for making the claim? Nothing about it being true or false. "The judges said that allegations that Mr Johnson knew Vote Leave’s £350m-a-week claim was false would not amount to neglect of duties or the abuse of state power." Increasing the NHS budget does not mean that it was achieved by diverting what would have gone to the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/a66bd826-7215-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 'Theresa May insisted her promise of an extra £20bn a year for the NHS by 2023 would be funded by a “Brexit dividend”, as well as by asking the country to contribute more. In fact, an analysis of the prime minister’s options suggests that taxpayers could end up footing the entire bill — unless the government abandons its fiscal targets. Is there any Brexit dividend? No.' Yes..we guaranteed the increase I payments in law. And also paid a topper amount under TM The judge ruled johnspns use of language was appropriate. If you cannot or will not read then you will end up believing the things that you do. The the ruling was on if to hear a case about abuse of state power, not on if it was appropriate. I have quoted what was said. All that was made I to law was an increase in the NHS budget. Claiming that it was anything to do with leaving the EU is laughable. There's an FT article on it. See the link and the quote to that too? Have you read the ruling on the judiciary website? See the bit on Ingredients of the offense. You are having to work hard now, aren't you? The ruling doesn't say that the figure was correct or that Johnson's language was "appropriate" or in any other way giving approval of either, does it? It does. See if you can find it No, it doesn't, but bless your heart for trying as you always do when you are wedded to your argument. The point was always that £350m didn't actually paid to the EU on total because of the huge rebate. That is what was clarified in the judgement under "Ingredients of the Offence". If they had told the actual truth, there would be no issue. The judgement also made it clear that political lies cannot be given as a reason for misconduct in public office, not that no lies were told. "...there is no precedent for any office holder being prosecuted for misconduct in public office for wilfully making/endorsing a misleading statement in and for the purposes of political campaigning, or even any comparable case." For someone so keen on reading and detail, you seem to struggle with it. Expert lawyer as well as expert economist?" THhe alleged offence set out in the Application for Summons is that the Claimant “repeatedly made and endorsed false and misleading statements concerning the cost of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union”. It appears that if the Claimant had said/endorsed a figure of £350m per week gross, or £250m per week net, there would have been no complaint. The words “as such” plainly mean acting in the discharge of the duties of the office. | |||
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"I thought the validity 350m wasn't ever tested in court as Boris argued he wasn't acting as the mayor when he made these statements. Eg if he has to be lying AS the mayor for there to be a trial, not just lying WHILE the mayor. The semantics of if we give the gross of rebate or net if rebate to the EU was never tested. Let alone whether it was possible to give a gross number to the NHS. " It was that's the point of this judgement. It's saying the problem wasnt whether it was gross or net. Neither mattered he didn't need to clarify. It wasn't misleading people. | |||
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"I thought the validity 350m wasn't ever tested in court as Boris argued he wasn't acting as the mayor when he made these statements. Eg if he has to be lying AS the mayor for there to be a trial, not just lying WHILE the mayor. The semantics of if we give the gross of rebate or net if rebate to the EU was never tested. Let alone whether it was possible to give a gross number to the NHS. It was that's the point of this judgement. It's saying the problem wasnt whether it was gross or net. Neither mattered he didn't need to clarify. It wasn't misleading people." It absolutely was misleading people. Ask the average Joe in the street what they think was meant by the side of the bus! | |||
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"Intent to mislead? You betcha!" When it's someone you don't support politically, it's "intent to mislead". When it's someone you support politically, it's "being pragmatic about changing circumstances". I've not met anyone who fairly applies the logic of truthfulness without exemption or exception across political lines to every politician currently active. The nature of democracy being no different from a schoolyard popularity contest means that saying what needs saying to win a vote matters more than actually carrying it out. | |||
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