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All we got at secondary was the talk about into 6th form and that was it.
I agree we have good hospitals but a lot of money is wasted where it could be used in tax cuts.
But in theory, they should be sacked and given more real jobs. The jobs they have been given are part of Labours nanny state which I disagree with.
for government to be able to cut waste to as near zero as possible means you would have to have seriously huge government ...in fact we'd all be working for them.
My government would spend very wisely and have close contacts with those who actually know what they're talking. Pressure Groups with insider status and of course, the public. :razz:
your tories want smaller government ...lower taxes ...how you going to police three billion quid being spent on a motorway?
that money fragments into cement nails screws wellies hats coats spanners fuel petty cash etc etc etc etc etc etc ....
and talking of policing things ...tories and lower taxes resulted in the police force of this country being slashed to dangerous proportions and underfunded very seriously for hardware such as cars and comunications.
this government have created thousands more coppers ...what you would want i pressume ...even a public uniformed presence as local eyes and ears ...surely this is the sort of situation a good tory would welcome?
1) asylum seekers are needed in this country to work
2)in most schools our teenagers are well behaved, but some are of the scale and need help not punishment have you been reading the mail and sun too much?
3) most people i know that have just left school or even in school have jobs
4)do you plan to stay in iraq indefinately?
5)if we introduce full life prison sentences it means that the prisoners have nothing to live for and kill each other and the guards needlessly because it doesnt matter (eg several cases in america)
6)those people who "scrounge" off benefits probably need more help and access to retraining, not some suit telling tham to get a job
7) whats privatisation again?
8)EU legisaltion has done the uk loads of good especially in the banning of chemical substances that our government said were safe but EU testing reliased weren't, the EU is pressuring use to become more environmentally friendly especially through the examples of germany with recycling.
9)the NHS is amazing, yes it needs to be improved but picking holes and not investing in it by incorporating privatisation isnt going to help. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL NHS
There would also no point in trying to behave or indeed study for anything.
Are you sure you understand the definition of an asylum seeker? They are fearing persecution, they don’t naturally come here to find work. Immigrants on the other hand do. Yeah. Come to a Stoke-on-Trent secondary school, you’ll find everyone is so well behaved. Yes – I am being sarcastic.
Good on them! Until the job is done. This policy intension is to prevent future criminals in this field, like I did state. They will think twice before they do the crime, if they want something to live for.
No, they need to learn that having a job is the best thing for them. Of course this can’t be applied absolutely, I mean, there are exceptions.
Why are you asking this?
I am pretty sure, we as UK citizens can vote for s government in this country that we have chosen. We don’t want another layer of government thank you. We can do the job our selves perfectly fine.
Support the NHS Yes. I did say keep the NHS free. But I do agree with private companies giving a helping hand.
How? Being in prison won't stop someone turning around and battering another prisoner, will it?
I think one of the problems with the NHS in particular isn't wastage, but poor management. I'm sure there are some good hospital managers out there, but a lot of them have come from other fields, so whilst they might be good managers, they don't necessarily have all the knowledge required to know how a hospital runs. The collection of data is necessary for managers to make effective decisions on how to improve service. If you collect no data, then you can't make informed decisions. However, if the collection of data impedes too much on the day-to-day running of the hospital, then service suffers. You notice this far more in a private business, because your service slows and people just stop spending money there. I think that the NHS currently (and the police), however, has gone far too much towards the collecting of data, so far that it is negatively affecting the service given. But then if you aren't collecting data, you can't get up in front of a room full of people and say "look how well we're doing, vote for us" can you?
Yes, this has been shown to most obviously work, thats why people still commit crimes in countries like China, where they execute half of them.
If they choose to break the law, it is not my fault they have chosen the tough life.
This is why I am infavour of harsh sentencing. Not because I like to ruin lives, but because I don't want them commiting a crime in the first place.
The U.S might have a bigger prison population because it has a bigger population? More severe with their sentencing? Etc.
So, you'd be alright with this if it was a member of your family being banged up 24/7 for the rest of their life because they killed someone whilst in prison?
Well of course figures take that into account. They have a higher percentage of their population behind bars than European countries.
Not true... Scotland has been named the most violent country in the developed world by the UN and excluding murder Scots are almost three times as likely to be assaulted as Americans. And while the murder rate is generally higher in the US (it varies hugely between different cities) assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft are all lower in America than in England and Wales. Interesting BBC article too here.
According to the International Crime Survey: See here and here.
In the US crime is still falling and not through politicians manipulating statistics, places like New York and Chicago are far safer than they were 10 or 20 years ago. I don't think Britain can boast any such achievements, if anything a lot of British cities are less safe today than they were 10-20 years ago.
Although in Britain crime did actually fall in the 1990s when Michael Howard as Home Secretary increased the likelihood of criminals going to jail.
- Civitas report.
Punishment is the only way where justice can happen. I mean, if someone had murdered my sister, for no reason I would like them to serve time in prison for the rest of their lives. I would then feel justice has taken place and I can rest. Yeah it wouldn't be bring my sister back but I will bring him down as much as he brought me and mu family down and taken my sisters life away!
But for other crimes such as stealing, the criminal should be punished by a prison sentence but most of their time in there should be about making them into a person they aspire to be.
And before you say 'You're lying this never happens in real life OMG!' - someone I know is a teacher, & had one of her pupils say to her "I can get you sacked if I want".