So prisoners can vote!
Posted 2 Nov 2010 by Walaa Idris
Until this morning I did not even think about whether prisoners should or should not vote and why should I? Isn’t voting – a right – an expression of freedom and liberty and doesn’t prison means no to them!?
But as it turned out it isn’t so simple – imagine that!
A ‘European’ court ruling has resulted in UK prisoners, for the first time in 140 years, being allowed to vote in a general election. And since fighting that ruling will incur a huge financial cost, plus other logistics, our government decided against fighting it!!
If it sounds like nuts and political correctness gone mad, rest assured that you are not alone in thinking so.
Common sense questions how can a criminal, who broke the law and is in prison either as punishment for what they did or because they are a danger to others gets to enjoy the same rights and freedoms enjoyed by law observing citizens?
But as long as we are run by Europe, there will always be some irrational laws imposed on us where we have little or no choice in the matter – now where is the liberty in that?
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Mark
2 Nov, 20:00
Walaa
3 Nov, 15:52
NickOLarse
9 Nov, 12:06