http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150187 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:08:23 +0000 dvo4fun 150187@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks. err... perhaps "inmates' agendas" rather than "inmate's agenda" - gramer never were my strong suit </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150127 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:57:31 +0000 fernandomando 150127@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@dvo4fun sorry to hear that your boyfriend received such a lengthy sentence ;) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150126 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:50:25 +0000 dvo4fun 150126@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yep - undertaken quite a few prison visits over the years and the right to vote was always right up near the top of the inmate's agenda. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150124 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:46:37 +0000 fernandomando 150124@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Malgor. </p> <p>I have discovered a cure for my Alzheimer's- starburger bellybuster cheeseburgers. </p> <p>It's good to be back. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150123 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:31:18 +0000 malgor 150123@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Title suggestion</p> <p><strong>Upsurge in prisoners ‘yearning for democratic expression’</strong></p> <p>'...the unrestrained venting of pent-up political frustrations' ()</p> <p>Chopper Harris once shared a van with Lord Archer. ‘Arrogant bastard looked down his nose at me as though I was something unpleasant in the bottom of the pan,’ Lord Archer recorded in his diary. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150118 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:27:01 +0000 Squudge 150118@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>that thing you say they do in prison? that is not democracy in action, that is a <strong>dick</strong>tatorship.</p> <p>...I'll fetch my coat </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150105 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:20:33 +0000 sigmund 150105@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>5* just for mentioning ‘chopper’ Harris; back in the day when Chelsea were an English football team, he was a God. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52138#post-150088 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:53:32 +0000 fernandomando 150088@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Parliament’s decision to refuse MPs the right to vote has been met with disappointment among the ranks of the serving prisoner population. The prime minister announced that the UK took the view that this was ‘Human Rights gone mad’ and that the country will stand proudly with our natural partner, Belarus, in refusing prisoners the vote.</p> <p>Prisoner officers were also disappointed with the news. A spokesman told reporters ‘There is a real problem with the pent-up frustration felt by those prisoners who are denied the right to take part in the democratic process. When they are on the outside they can engage in democratic debate in a number of ways (although they usually pay for it around Kings Cross station), and thus exorcise their frustrations. Inside, they often take another younger, good looking prisoner and enter into what some might regard as an unnatural relationship to satisfy their democratic desires. You must understand that some of these prisoners have not seen a democratically elected representative of any political party for a number of years, and some of them will not think twice about dragging someone into their cell to vigorously debate matters of foreign policy and the effect of planning policy on the development of green belt land. It is not ideal that such relationships exist, but it is better than the anarchy that would ensue if we permitted the unrestrained venting of political frustration. We had hoped that parliament would help us with this problem. It seems that they won’t.</p> <p>Some prisoners have decided to stage their own protests in response to the vote. John ‘Chopper’ Harris has started a week long dirty protest in his cell in HMP Wandsworth. ‘Who is going to listen to my concerns about the current fiscal policy of this government?’ he smeared on his cell wall, ‘I have many positive suggestions for economic development that are not just dependent on state funded infrastructure projects. This decision is a stain on democracy, and I'm not talking about my cell or the brown ink I used on all the letters I sent to my MP.'</p> <p>****COULDN'T THINK OF A DECENT TITLE- FEEL FREE TO AMEND / CHANGE / DISMISS ***** </p>