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Safer streets, fairer justice
Policing, sentencing, prisons, rehabilitation. How would you do justice better?
Enough with the slap on the wrist for corporations trashing our rivers!
I was down by the Avon last weekend, trying to enjoy a bit of sunshine, and saw a patch of water near the industrial estate that was just… oily. Rainbow sheen, dead bits of plant life floating in it. It made me so angry. How many times have
Scrap the pointless short sentences for minor crimes
What's the point of chucking someone in prison for a few weeks for shoplifting or minor assault, it's just a waste of taxpayers' money and doesn't solve anything. I mean think about it, these short sentences don't rehabilitate anyone, they
Protecting Cymru's Rivers, Not Just a Fine
As someone who's spent years teaching Welsh history, I've seen how our country's natural beauty has been exploited and damaged. The issue of corporate pollution in our rivers is no exception. I was dismayed to read about the state of the Av
Stop locking up petty offenders – it's a waste of everyone's time and money
We need to stop sending people to prison for minor, non-violent offenses like shoplifting or minor drug possession. Instead, we should invest that money into community-based rehabilitation programs. Think about it, a short prison sentence o
Why are petty crimes treated like major felonies and vice versa?
Seriously, why does shoplifting a pack of biscuits get a criminal record while deliberately polluting a river gets a slap on the wrist fine that the company just writes off as a cost of doing business? It makes no sense. We're essentially t
Scrap Stop and Search, it's a racist mess
I was at the Brixton market last weekend and saw a kid, no more than 15, getting stopped and searched by the police. He was just standing there, minding his own business, and the next thing you know he's being told to empty his pockets. I'v
End automatic early release for 'short' sentences - brings the whole system into disrepute.
The current system of automatically releasing prisoners serving less than four years after serving just half their sentence needs to end. It’s a policy born of a misguided attempt to manage prison overcrowding, not justice. Margaret and I w
Justice system failing rural Wales
I'm sick of seeing kids from round here getting locked up for minor stuff while city folk get off scot-free for worse crimes. It's like the system's stacked against us, no understanding of how things work in rural areas. I've seen lads get
A five-year ban on former ministers lobbying their own department, with real enforcement
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is a fig leaf. It has no statutory powers. It can be ignored, and regularly is. When a former minister takes a lobbying role that touches their old brief, the committee issues a polite
Government secrets are costing us, time to open the books and stop the hiding.
It makes me so mad when I hear about politicians just sitting on documents — like they own the information. We're out here struggling to pay the gas bill and they're in Westminster deciding what we get to know and when. It’s like they think
A legal right to clean rivers, enforceable by citizens
In 2023, water companies in England discharged sewage into rivers and seas for over 3.6 million hours. The Environment Agency, which is supposed to prevent this, has had its budget cut by 60% since 2010 and now conducts fewer inspections th
Protect civil service impartiality through Scottish oversight.
The recent kerfuffle about who civil servants can talk to highlights a perennial problem in Westminster. It seems they're always getting caught between politicians and their own professional judgment. This isn't just a London issue; it affe
Complete reform of the stoning process to ensure procedural fairness
The current stoning system is frankly a shambles. Our proposals: 1. All stonings must be overseen by an independent regulator 2. Nobody is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Even if they do say Jehovah 3. Stones must meet minimum q
Drug policy should be based on evidence of harm, not moral panic
Portugal decriminalised personal use of all drugs in 2001. In the 25 years since, drug-related deaths have fallen dramatically, HIV infections among drug users have collapsed, and overall drug use has not increased. This is not disputed. It
Protect judicial independence from political interference with a codified constitution
The United Kingdom is one of only three democracies without a codified constitution (the others being Israel and New Zealand). This means that fundamental rights and institutional arrangements exist largely through convention and statute, b
Scrap all regulations and replace them with a strongly worded sign
Health and safety has gone mad. Not a bit mad. Completely mad. You cant climb a ladder without a certificate. You cant serve a scotch egg without a food hygiene inspection. You cant even have a bonfire without checking the wind direction an
Make climate impact assessment mandatory for all new legislation
Every piece of legislation that passes through Parliament has a financial impact assessment. It does not, as standard, have a climate impact assessment. This is an extraordinary omission given that climate change is the single issue most li
Enough with the endless legal dramas, sort out the courts
It drives me mad watching these endless court cases on the telly, dragging on for months, years even. It feels like the system is designed to bleed people dry, whether they're guilty or not. You hear about it down the pub too, people stuck
Scrap the soft justice nonsense
What's the point of having a justice system if it doesn't actually punish people for breaking the law, I mean think about it, we've got career criminals walking out of court with a slap on the wrist and a warning, it's absurd. The problem
Scrap Soft Sentencing for Repeat Offenders
I was reading in the local paper about a bloke who'd been arrested for the fifth time for burglary in our area, and I just about lost my temper. This guy's been in and out of court for years, always getting let off with a slap on the wrist,
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Write your policies
Make your case. Explain how it works. Let the community vote, debate, and challenge your ideas.
Vote, debate, fork
Vote on other people's ideas. Disagree kindly. Fork a policy you like and adapt it to your own manifesto.