'It's not safe to walk the streets after dark', admits Home Secretary skewered in kebab farce
Seems the Home Secretary over in Merry Old England decided to she had a hankering for a kabob, but feared for her safety after dark and brought a (no doubt armed) guard with her to keep her safe on those dangerous streets she gets paid to keep safe.
So, the streets are not safe, but citizens should continue to believe that the government is doing a great job. Got that guys?
Oh, and don't be afraid for her; she has taxpayer funded armed guards accompanying her on her trips out of her bubble of
Asked why she would not feel safe on Hackney's streets at night, the Home Secretary replied: "Well, I just don't think that's a thing that people do, is it, really?"
Sure, a single mother working two jobs might be in danger walking home to make dinner for her kid, but she should probably just hire some private security.
Miss Teather, member for the London constituency of Brent East, added: "To think that people don't walk around late at night, and to think that everybody goes around in a cocooned ministerial car with a couple of policemen watching, is absolutely astonishing.
Too right.
Back to my original question; just how are things going with your little experiment in law-abiding citizen disarmament?
The Home Secretary made her admission in an interview at the end of a week when three teenage thugs were convicted of murdering father-of-three Garry Newlove, kicked to death outside his home.
Oh bugger. I suppose things are just peachy other than that, right?
The controversy raged as Ministry of Justice figures revealed the steep rise in the number of under-18s convicted or cautioned over violent offences.
Total offences for ten-to-17-year olds climbed steadily from 184,474 in 2003 to 222,750 in 2006, the last year for which figures are available - a rise of 21 per cent.
But the increase in violent offending was steeper, while robberies rose even more dramatically, up 43 per cent over the three years.
But they still don't need guns. They've got TASERS! They're COMPLETELY safe.
One other man has died in the UK after being shot by police with a Taser and a baton round but a post-mortem examination concluded the death was due to natural causes.
See that? Natural causes.
Tasers have been used 450 times in the past five years in Great Britain and up to now police say there have been no fatalities or serious injuries.
Looks like they've got everything under control. Nothing to see here, move along.
I see why Kevin calls that place the petri dish.
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