Back to something remotely resembling the topic now.
It's all OK though, Gordo has decided he'll sort things out.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8541963.stm
Some highlights.
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He said it was not "acceptable" to miss the Home Office target of having neighbourhood Pcs spend at least four fifths of their time on patrol.
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Thats just after he said he had removed all targets apart from public confidence. So now all the Police can do is influence how people think and not what actually happens.
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Mr Brown said the risk of being a victim of crime was the lowest since the British Crime Survey started in the early 1980s.
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Suuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeee. Maybe if you have an armed bodyguard around you 24/7
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He also said there would be an expectation that anyone breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) would be prosecuted
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So when they breach it and fail to comply with community service etc. and finally get the jail where will they go? The countries prisons are already creaking at the seams and the 'not at all a political ploy' ending of early release just before the election will make matters even worse.