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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Can you list the act which stated that the Judicary must give life sentances and that life should mean death in prison and the amendments which removed the requirement?
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I can give you the words from Roy Jenkins own mouth, life will mean life and David Blunkett said the same in 2003
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Also can you explain your thinking behind linking such amendments which give someone their life back with the likelihood of amendments being made which would make it easier to take someone's life? To me they appear to be opposing directions.
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It was intended as an example, as you well know there is no link other than 40 odd years ago the public were duped on a massive issue.
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How do the amendments to acts which tighten the law and bring in more draconian restrictions come into play with your theory that laws are watered down over time?
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Not all laws
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Listening is one thing, but that's not the same as having a say in how things are done.
My nan used to write to Maggy Thatcher and tell her how to run the country, her opinions were listened to, but not acted on.
An advisor can say what they like, but it means nothing if ministers do not hold the same views and can see that it's a vote winner.
This is why there have been so many strange things published in the media suggesting that one party is going to do this or another is going to do that, simply because an advisor has suggested it, when it never happens because firstly it's not in line with ministers' own thinking, and secondly it would lose votes
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With respect quite possibly the only things the Baroness and your nan have in common is their ages, she isn't some old dear writting in complaining about stuff, this is a well respected Life Peer whose opinion has been saught in some of the most moral and philisophical areas of modern life, just because her views on this aren't vogue they could well be in the future and at some point they will almost certainly be wheeled out to help test the water.