"It is infuriating to see another Labour government seek to appease a rightwing voter base by reinforcing the “tough on crime” doom loop that has gridlocked our justice system for the past 30 years. It was New Labour’s punitive posturing that drove up the prison population by 40% between 1997 and 2010"

#Sentencing #Law #Justice #LabourRight #Reform

Labour’s populist pantomime over sentencing rules plays into the hands of the right | Janey Starling | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/labour-prison-reform-justice-system?CMP=GTUK_email

I'm sorry but I can't be following no Keir fucking #Stamer advocate.

And don't give me any 'once he's in power' BS!

Starmer/the #LabourRight exist to limit peoples' choice at the ballot box. They are sufficiently right leaning but not enough so that people can say: Well, the Tories are worse!

But what does that mean for democracy? You're voting for politics that is increasingly shifting rightwards, and as they continue to limit choice, you'll be voting for progressively more right wing shit.

#Skwawkbox | #Starmer criticises #Tories for the sentencing guidelines he helped to write

They can't be that inept. I think it's really clear the main aim of Starmer and the #LabourRight is to destroy the party and create apathy.

A parallel would be the #BBC - also being trashed with the public made to fell apathetic towards.

We're supposed to fight to save them ... but I can't help fall in line with the game and feel apathetic.

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/04/07/starmers-child-abuse-sentencing-attack-explodes-in-his-face-he-wrote-the-sentencing-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starmers-child-abuse-sentencing-attack-explodes-in-his-face-he-wrote-the-sentencing-guidelines