William Hague has levelled his guns over the prisoner release scheme at… the Tories. Raising a few eyebrows there…
The former Tory leader says Labour has “a really good point actually” when it blames its predecessors, like everything else, while letting thousands of prisoners out early:
“The Conservative government failed to grasp either they either had to build more prison places or they had to let people out, and they didn’t want to face up to it either over a long period. That’s a real failure um and so this situation now does focus everybody’s minds on what are we going to do.”
Guido didn’t realise that releasing the wrong prisoners and letting them cheer Keir Starmer while driving away in their sports cars was the Tories’ fault. One Tory source tells Guido: “No wonder the Tories are so irrelevant when their former leaders row in behind Labour to defend mass prisoner releases.” Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is uncorking the Gauke to lead a sentencing review – probably so she can blame another (former) Tory when it goes wrong…
Another 1,100 criminals are flooding back onto the streets today, having served less than 40% of their sentences. Surprise, surprise, they are ignoring the government’s weak warnings to behave after last month’s festivities left Labour red-faced…
This time, it’s not just champagne corks popping as inmates walk free — now Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, and Mercedes are rolling up to collect them. One prisoner released from HMP Ford left in a £350,000 white Rolls Royce Cullinan, one of the world’s most exclusive super cars. Asked who was in the car, the driver responded: “The Pope”…
One convicted armed kidnapper, out early today, cheered “Big up Keir Starmer! I’m delighted… can’t believe they’re letting me out this soon,” as he posed in his shiny new £150,000 Bentley. Starmer’s response is to now condemn his own policy, claiming he “shares the public anger” over the early releases. You couldn’t make it up…
The Centre for Migration Control has just released a bombshell report, revealing that migrants are far more likely to be arrested than to their British-born counterparts. The analysis, based on data from police forces across England and Wales, projects that in the past three years alone, a staggering 369,000 arrests were linked to foreign-born nationals. Looks like while the prisons are filling up, so are the rap sheets of migrants…
For context, in 2023 the arrest rate for British nationals stood at one per 94 people. For foreign-born nationals, that number shoots up to one in 70—a whopping 34% higher than the native-born population. Meanwhile, Farage has been calling on Labour to deport the “10,000 foreign nationals in our prisons” instead of letting “dangerous criminals” roam free. The real Leader of the Opposition…
Sadiq Khan’s at it again with his latest genius plan: let prisoners jump the housing queue. Speaking at a Times conference yesterday, London’s Mayor bemoaned the “big shortage of housing in London” and proposed his brilliant fix – give criminals a head start. Khan argued we need an “honest conversation” about letting some prisoners “jump in the queue to get housing to avoid them reoffending again.” Handing out houses to freed criminals isn’t exactly the magic fix to stop prisons from overflowing…
Nigel Farage was quick to blast the Mayor, tweeting: “Sadiq Khan wants free housing for criminals and illegal migrants. And he wants you to pay for it all.” Prioritising criminals over hard-working, law-abiding citizens. That’ll go down well with the public, no doubt…
Scenes outside prisons today see welcome parties for those criminals released early from prison. Cue bottles of fizz, corks flying, whooping, and cheering…
It’s been a tricky day for Starmer as he battles to get his winter fuel allowance change through without an embarrassing rebellion, whilst attempting to face down the unions over future pay deals. Though he can rest easy tonight knowing at least one group of people likes him. He’ll just be hoping these lot don’t get sent back to jail before the next election…
Hat tip: GB News’ Charlie Peters
No surprises here – criminals freed early are now openly praising Labour for throwing open the prison gates. Djaber Benallaoua, a convicted drug dealer, has been let loose six months ahead of schedule and wasted no time in declaring himself to the Daily Mail a “lifelong Labour voter” thanks to Starmer’s inmate release scheme. The 20-year-old, fresh out of HMP Isis, gleefully celebrated the “very good” policy and boasted that he’s “gonna get lit” to mark his newfound freedom. One way of getting votes…
