Well Done To The Government.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51649643
Now keep the SOBs locked up for good.

[ToraToraTora]

I assume praise will now be forthcoming from those that previously moaned that the government did nothing about this Labour enacted sillyness.

[emmie]

they won't to be honest, let us see how well it works..

[fiction-factory]

Yep. I wonder if Gina will challenge it though. She's looking for some more challenges to the government- e.g.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/25/gina-miller-andrew-bailey-bank-england-governor-fca

[fiction-factory]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/25/gina-miller-andrew-bailey-bank-england-governor-fca

[naomi24]

Good!

[ToraToraTora]

gawd FF at some point someone must have told that bee hatch that she's important!

[Old_Geezer]

They ought to block all early release, apart from special cases. Sentences should be set to be appropriate in the first place. If inmates fail to behave then sentences could be extended for bad behaviour.

[emmie]

many would like to see terrorists locked up for good...
i am one of those, however that doesn't seem possible.

[Bobbisox1]

He means business and it’s a good to know feeling

[jim360]

As NJ said when this was being discussed, a law which applies retrospectively is a breach of a "basic tenet in UK law that the sentence passed down should be that which was available at the time the offence was committed."

I can't say I'm sad to see this law passed, but the fact is that it is likely to be challenged for good reasons, and there's also at least a decent chance that the challenges to any retrospective would be successful. Even if the previous law was a mistake, the principle NJ talks of above is not.

[beso]

You worry about the perpetrators of rare events while real terrorism goes on every day around you.

In the UK, someone is murdered by their partner or ex-partner almost every second day, while thousands are abused mentally and physically. The vast majority of the victims are women.

What is being done about that? Does anyone care?

[Deskdiary]

^^^That’s not Terrorism (capital T because Terrorism is defined by statute).

[Spicerack]

What the hell are you on about, Beso?

[naomi24]

Beso, that's not terrorism but that aside, is the UK unique in that regard?

[douglas9401]

It kinda smacks of politicians being 'seen to be doing something'.

I doubt there's a point in time where all thoughts of killing for a space ghost stop. Summary justice via marksmen is the way to go.

[beso]

Well the small t terrorism, domestic violence kills a lot more people than Terrorism you nobody really cares as was demonstrated by the responses.

No, Naomi its not unique to the UK though I was surprised that it is apparently even worse than we have it in Australia per capita.

If pouring petrol on one's wife and three little children then setting them on fire isn't a form of terror than I don't know what is. That is what an Australian man did last week.

The point I am making is that the public gets excited about something that affects hardly anyone while hundreds die in violence that gets very little attention.

People should be asking their politicians to prioritise the real threats.

[Old_Geezer]

If retrospective change is a problem then maybe modify things. Let them go at the allotted time, from at the time of the offence, and afterwards take them to a place where, for their own sake, they can be monitored over an additional period to help them not feel a need to harm others in society. Perhaps some kind of asylum. Since this would be a new law that wouldn't trigger until someone leaves gaol, it isn't part of any existing punishment. It's simply compulsory for their own benefit; and for society's too, as it happens.

[Spicerack]

//If pouring petrol on one's wife and three little children then setting them on fire isn't a form of terror than I don't know what is. That is what an Australian man did last week.//

I know it's off topic but have you got a link to this 'Australian man' story?

[jim360]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-48778156

[Old_Geezer]

There is terror, and there is being a terrorist. The latter tends to be part of a larger campaign with an overall aim, whilst any single maladjusted individual can cause terror to some.