Thread by @atatimelikethis

Priti's latest dalliance into badly constructed legislation, the

"Statues have feelings too Act"

is notable for all the obvious reasons below.

But I'd like to point out some lesser-known facts.

Since 1851 we've had ~ 30 criminal justice acts (add data crimes etc.)

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https://twitter.com/atatimelikethis/status/1372248482711502856

Uk average age is 40.1 years.
Of the 30, 23 have been within most lifetimes.

Off the 23, 15 have been introduced by Priti and her ilk. That's 65%.

Take out "genuine modernisation" like data and internet legislation; it's 90%.

Remove money laundering; it's 100% Priti and Pals.

To a good approximation Priti isn't tough on crime so much as tough on wood pulp.

Let's be fair. There is context.
On the one hand she's prioritising statues over women while her PM is investing in Nukes.

On the other hand, all this aggression must be having a result.

How could we judge that?

Well presumably we're criminalising more people by applying senseless and overzealous laws to things less important than the crimes we have already?

So the prison population must be growing like #Covid19?

And it is.

And so that means crime is falling?

Nope,

Actually you'd struggle to believe this has any effect but populist meat to throw at the masses.

We'd be better off firing Priti and any successors. All they manage to do is load prisons with more people who are not reformed.

I wonder who profits from those contracts.