tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post3624096444130324780..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: Prisoners' VotesTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-61303079266652685562012-10-28T10:25:56.136+00:002012-10-28T10:25:56.136+00:00@cuffleyburgers Well I don't disagree with you...@cuffleyburgers Well I don't disagree with your sentiments<br /><br />@Weekend Yachtsman This is what is so insidious about being part of Europe - either EU or Council of Europe - it's creating a culture whereby lawbreaking by a Government becomes acceptable.<br /><br />Personally I think if the coalition can wriggle out of it on a technicality then all well and good. If not then at some point we have to apply it...which means if we don't agree then we have to invoke article 3 and leave...<br /><br />@James Higham Quite right<br /><br />@Woodsy42 Undoubtedly that will be breach of some other human rights law not mention electoral ones...but I certainly like the sentimentTheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-43415069484820584592012-10-28T01:08:29.694+01:002012-10-28T01:08:29.694+01:00They should simply declare that all prisoners are ...They should simply declare that all prisoners are entitled to vote. Their being locked up elsewhere does not affect that 'eligability'. However, as voting will require them to attend the polling station, it will not be actualy possible for them to vote. But as being locked up in prison was a result of their own choice of action that's their own problem.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-50992634615422116692012-10-26T20:49:43.307+01:002012-10-26T20:49:43.307+01:00One would like to think this is merely another del...One would like to think this is merely another delaying tactic, though experience with Tories on anything Europe often tells us otherwise<br /><br />Let's just say we wouldn't trust our lives to them.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-83396349579905893062012-10-26T14:18:14.286+01:002012-10-26T14:18:14.286+01:00And what is exactly is wrong with "being in o...And what is exactly is wrong with "being in open defiance the European court"?<br /><br />That's just where we should be imnshmo.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-51677347308106664552012-10-24T18:03:11.607+01:002012-10-24T18:03:11.607+01:00As the late lamented DK would have put it "th...As the late lamented DK would have put it "the unspeakable cunts" - sorry to lower the tone of your blog but sometimes only the real thing will do.cuffleyburgersnoreply@blogger.com