I hear today that AnJem Choudery has been released from prison, that he is to be closely monitored and restrictions placed upon his movements.
I interpret this to mean that he will be living at home, on benefit (a guess, but would you employ him?) and that surveillance and monitoring of this highly dangerous individual will cost many hundreds of thousands of pounds, and a diversion of already overloaded police manpower.
Is it not time that individuals who incite terrorism, who hate us and want to destroy our way of life and our democracy, are left in prison and not given the opportunity to be released to continue with their evil? Is it not time also that incitement, still a common law offence under the public order act, is made a full criminal offence and punished accordingly? I just cannot understand why people capable of such dreadful behaviour are not charged with treason given that they are threatening the state. Instead they are released - a blessing not available to those who have been blown up in atrocities or killed individually by young men radicalised by hate preachers. We are far too tolerant, and will pay the price relentlessly.
and why on earth should the British tax payer pay more for him to be monitored on his early release then it would have cost to keep him in jail.