Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make Home Secretary. Is it the job that sends people mad or is it that only raving loonies get made Home Secretary? The last sane one I can remember was Roy Jenkins (for some value of sane).
I didn't get the idea that Reid was proposing the army as an alternative to prison. Rather, that the army should run some daft young offenders scheme for the Home Office. I would imagine the army would be very unchuffed to be tasked with that job and it would almost certainly be very counter productive.
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Date: 2006-07-22 06:20 pm (UTC)