Originally Posted by seanmoylantd

Rent prison space from the Syrians /Lebanese/theIsraelis/the Chinese/the South Africans and send them out there to do their prison time.
They ll come back with lovely manners.

And an arse like a blood orange.

pity they wouldn't set up a petition to properly punish the expense-fiddling politicians that stole from each and everyone of them.

the people that signed that petition are among the worst type of unthinking sheep.

Originally Posted by Johnny Boy

Kneejerk reaction by idiotic jerks, trying to capitalise of populist outrage, by appealing to the Daily Mail/Express/Telegraph constituency, who are always angry about something anyway. Nothing new there.
Deny them benefits and you are even more likely to find them at 4 am in the act of burglary in your kitchen. It simply won't happen when the all frenzied people calm down and realise that it is not an option.

They might be in for a hell of a surprise if they get into my kitchen! I doubt that that they could stand the heat!

Originally Posted by brughahaha

An online petition set up by the tory government, which promises to discuss any petition that reaches 100,000 signatures has had a petition opened which calls for anyone convicted of rioting to be stripped of state benefits

So far it has reached 70,000 in one day
Convicted London rioters should loose all benefits. - e-petitions

It would seem regardless of the above petition ,the riots are going to result in a seimic shift in uk politics

I seriously wonder: have the mainstream media referred to the petition? Have all government employees been asked to sign it?

How did people find out about it so that soooo many could sign???

Sabine
Publisher of nine online petitions
See Online Petitions and their Remarkable Comments « Victims Unite!

In the present highly charged atmosphere people want to see those guilty of rioting really suffer big time. When the dust settles and sense returns this idea will probably be shelved. Rioting and entitlement to benefits are two different things.

I presume that anybody convicted of any crime, whether on benefits or not, would have their incomes stopped (or seized) if this proposal goes through.

For example, a school assistant convicted of looting would have 100% of his wages docked.

Originally Posted by sondagefaux

I presume that anybody convicted of any crime, whether on benefits or not, would have their incomes stopped (or seized) if this proposal goes through.

There's a big difference between income and social welfare payments.

Those who rioted and broke the law must be punished for their crimes, the perpetrators must be evicted if the parents are complicit in the crimes then they too must be evicted. Why not set up punishment camps for these scumbags, use them in chain gangs to clean up the mess the caused.

Ban rap music. That's where they got their knackery ideas in the first place

Knackerish. You illiterate.