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Post by staffordshrew on Jun 21, 2019 11:35:19 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on Jun 21, 2019 11:47:09 GMT 1
He'll be out in 6 months with an electronic tag. Everyone serves only half their sentence and then has a couple of further months taken off so long as they agree to be tagged. He'll be back in circulation early in the New Year. There's no room left in our prisons. Hence the move to scr@p all custodial sentences of under 6 months. Even McGreavy and Noye get let out to free up space. And have you noticed the vast increase in the number of suspended sentences and reduction in the number of community orders? www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/22/stop-handing-out-so-many-suspended-sentences-courts-told
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Post by staffordshrew on Jun 21, 2019 12:26:32 GMT 1
The good people of our towns and cities need to think about how things are at 2am. This scenario is going on most nights in your great town, it's like one of those spot the hazard films, people who are clearly out of their skin still being served alcohol, homeless people - in your lovely town, how can that be? Police on the front line and street pastors to look after the fallen, in your town.
Dare I say it, we need a more European attitude to late night entertainment and drinking.
Drink and drugs are ruining lives. Robots, artificial intelligence, social media, etc. may be the future and make some rich, but it's people who matter.
Brexit will come and go, either way, but make sure those you elect in any capacity, are going to work for a better way of life.
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Post by barrynic on Jun 21, 2019 15:08:55 GMT 1
....that rules out all the main parties then.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Jun 21, 2019 23:49:22 GMT 1
The good people of our towns and cities need to think about how things are at 2am. This scenario is going on most nights in your great town, it's like one of those spot the hazard films, people who are clearly out of their skin still being served alcohol, homeless people - in your lovely town, how can that be? Police on the front line and street pastors to look after the fallen, in your town. Dare I say it, we need a more European attitude to late night entertainment and drinking. Drink and drugs are ruining lives. Robots, artificial intelligence, social media, etc. may be the future and make some rich, but it's people who matter. Brexit will come and go, either way, but make sure those you elect in any capacity, are going to work for a better way of life. Bit hyperbolic there, mate. At least stuff like this is exceptional enough to warrant a headline these days. Back in the 90s, when we had regimented "chucking out times" of 11am and 2am and if you were in the streets between about 11 and 12 and 2 and 3 this stuff was pretty much par for the course. As far as I can tell we have a much safer nightlife now; less binge drinking, a lot of the youth are more interested in eating out and a few expensive cocktails than getting blind drunk these days, more "European" attitude to closing times so no mass exodus and rounds of treble shots before closing and just less people out boozing as everything from home entertainment and fitness provides competition. As a long term resident the town feels much safer and just generally nicer at night than it did when I was growing up. I know that goes against the general established narrative of everything being s**t and getting worse but there it is.
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Post by martinshrew on Jun 21, 2019 23:57:53 GMT 1
The good people of our towns and cities need to think about how things are at 2am. This scenario is going on most nights in your great town, it's like one of those spot the hazard films, people who are clearly out of their skin still being served alcohol, homeless people - in your lovely town, how can that be? Police on the front line and street pastors to look after the fallen, in your town. Dare I say it, we need a more European attitude to late night entertainment and drinking. Drink and drugs are ruining lives. Robots, artificial intelligence, social media, etc. may be the future and make some rich, but it's people who matter. Brexit will come and go, either way, but make sure those you elect in any capacity, are going to work for a better way of life. What a load of nonsense. Town is far safer than 10 years ago.
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Jun 22, 2019 11:21:06 GMT 1
Not sure how you can say anywhere is "safer" these days with the change in the random use of weapons to harm people, no respect for law and order,less police on the streets, and also the dumbing down of violent statistics to help us all think everything is rosy out there. As you get older you choose different parts of society to mix in, and having a son in his teens who doesn't bother going out much as there us too much bother attached to it pretty well backs it up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 16:05:44 GMT 1
Not sure how you can say anywhere is "safer" these days with the change in the random use of weapons to harm people, no respect for law and order,less police on the streets, and also the dumbing down of violent statistics to help us all think everything is rosy out there. As you get older you choose different parts of society to mix in, and having a son in his teens who doesn't bother going out much as there us too much bother attached to it pretty well backs it up. Fact, or opinion. I feel totally safe when I go out.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 16:10:23 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on Jun 22, 2019 17:24:53 GMT 1
"Mr Fitzgerald said Harvey and Ms Hayes’ relationship was now at an end". I think not. She's pregnant with their 2nd child. The Family Courts will undoubtedly give him contact rights, and that's when the fun will begin again, despite the restraining order. But well spotted that the 'victim' of Liam Davies isn't exactly without form himself.
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Jun 22, 2019 20:11:29 GMT 1
Not sure how you can say anywhere is "safer" these days with the change in the random use of weapons to harm people, no respect for law and order,less police on the streets, and also the dumbing down of violent statistics to help us all think everything is rosy out there. As you get older you choose different parts of society to mix in, and having a son in his teens who doesn't bother going out much as there us too much bother attached to it pretty well backs it up. Fact, or opinion. I feel totally safe when I go out. Fact actually on all parts. As I said it depends where you go and what company/age group/time you go with.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 7:52:37 GMT 1
Fact, or opinion. I feel totally safe when I go out. Fact actually on all parts. As I said it depends where you go and what company/age group/time you go with. You said anywhere. That's opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 10:34:49 GMT 1
When I started going out late 90s then there were certain pubs I was told to be careful or avoid and most weeks there would be some sort of incident, normally at pub kicking out or club club clicking out. Whilst I rarely venture into town nowadays, when I do it seems a lot different to 20 years ago, lots more cocktail/wine bars/eateres and certainly aimed at an older crowd. Yes of course there are still incidents but it would be interesting to see amount of trouble compared to say 20 years ago, plus when I started going out people said town was safer than the 80's where they said it was eventful most weekends, particularly all the pubs down Mardol
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Jun 23, 2019 20:49:40 GMT 1
Fact actually on all parts. As I said it depends where you go and what company/age group/time you go with. You said anywhere. That's opinion. Not sure what you are getting at, if it is my opinion, then what is wrong with that, or do I need to agree with everyone else? The world is full of fact, fiction, opinions etc, this board being a classic example, in my opinion.
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Post by staffordshrew on Jun 26, 2019 10:50:20 GMT 1
I note that violence is the general concern, nobody cares that there are homeless people on the streets of Shrewsbury.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jun 26, 2019 11:23:34 GMT 1
I note that violence is the general concern, nobody cares that there are homeless people on the streets of Shrewsbury. we should follow finlands example www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/12/finland-homelessness-rough-sleepers-britain"The average age of a rough sleeper when they die is 43, about half the UK life expectancy. "The tragedy is that it’s entirely within our power to do something about it: homelessness is not a choice made by the individual, it is a reality forced by government policy. As homelessness has rocketed in the UK – up 134% since 2010 – it has fallen by 35% in Finland over a similar period of time. The Finnish government is now aiming to abolish it altogether in the coming years. I recently travelled to Finland to understand how it had done this. It turns out its solution is painfully simple and blindingly obvious: give homes to homeless people. As Juha Kaakinen, who has led much of the work on “housing first” in Finland, explained to me when I met him in Helsinki, “this takes housing as a basic human right” rather than being conditional on engaging in services for addictions or mental health" with central funding continuing to be cut this would take a seismic shift in goverment policy but the approach used by finland shows what can be done with a choesive policy and the required funding. i am retired and used to work in mental health ,there were many things about public services that used to frustrate me but when we went down the privatization / sub contracting route. was the short term funding, were a project was given funding seemingly doing a very good job and then the contract would not be renewed .many of the projects had funding for a year somtimes two.
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