Tuesday, 2 November 2010

What about my human rights?

I was disgusted today to hear on the news that some b****y European court has told Britain that we are breaking the law by denying prisoners their human rights by not letting them vote in elections. The ex-prisoner that challenged the 'right to vote' a few years ago, was interviewed on the radio this morning. He had served an eight year sentence for manslaughter, he killed his landlady by smashing her head with an axe. Well, he didn't give a thought for her human rights to live did he? He should have been locked up for life even if the crime wasn't pre-planned because he took the life of another person.
The problem with prisoners is they get everything their own way because most prisons are more like luxury hotels. If someone is sent to prison for any crime, then they should expect to be denied not only their freedom, but all the luxuries that many ordinary hard working people cannot have. The living conditions in many prisons are far superior to those of many honest citizens and yet it's the taxpayer (again) that has to fund their luxury lifestyles.
Not only that, when they are discharged from prison, they go to the top of the social housing lists ahead of people who like me, have worked all their lives, paid all their taxes and get pushed down the list by someone who has deliberately made themselves homeless by comitting a crime in the first place. Many also have no intention of working either because from my time in the Jobcentre, they would nearly all say "No one will employ me because I have a record". Once again the taxpayer (including me, because my little bit of pension is taxed too) has to pay their housing benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance.
So what about the human rights of all honest and hard working people? Surely we have a right to decent, affordable accommodation and the right to keep our pensions without them being taxed.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Grandma,

    Looks like the communists are taking over the UK too. Prisoners gave up their rights when they broke the law. We have bleeding heart liberal judges over here too and they can be voted out same as politicians. All you need is a choice.

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