“I’m gonna get lit” Thank you Keir.

Unfortunately Sago I think you may be correct.

I really can't believe all the horrible things that have been happening since Labour got in.

It was terrible before, but I can't help thinking it is now worse!

I doubt there were many who anticipated what change was going to mean.

Much worse imo and I was willing to give Labour a chance but honestly what a nightmare.

It seems it would have been no different under the previous govt

www.ft.com/content/02ffc485-d99e-4010-af20-6a5313379f28

Tony Blair did it as well.

Don’t think ANYONE is happy about this!

Rekarie

Tony Blair did it as well.

Clearly we have a completed broken system which no govt has addressed for decades, it would seem.

If that's the most exciting thing these released prisoners can think of doing, then Heaven help us all. I agree there'll be worse to come.

Apart from the one who is going to get lit.

Is that what 'I'm gonna get lit' means'?
I'm not sure that it does, will have to consult with some young people.
I wonder what the answer is to the prison overcrowding? What would the Conservative party have done if they were still in power?
I think we do need to acknowledge that the situation has not been caused by the Labour party.

It can mean happy, awesome, exciting, as well as high.
A song can be lit, a situation. a celebration, a piece of clothing, or a person.
Perhaps in this case the man means drunk or high, but if he stopped dealing drugs, well...

I’ve just been listening to Jeremy Vine’s programme. What the experts said was that a Tory government was already planning to do exactly the same, that there was no other option because the current prisons are unsafe, and that this has reached the point it has because of a lack of action in the past.

Labour are being scapegoated for past poor management - and what was clear is that in the short term there are no other solutions.

"I'm going to get lit up"
(When the lights go on in London)

Popular song about getting drunk on alcohol.
Performed by the Savoy Orpheans, written in the 1940s

I don’t know why he’s going to get lit when he leaves prison. He would have had a wide choice of drugs while he was in there 🤷‍♀️

nanaK54

Is that what 'I'm gonna get lit' means'?
I'm not sure that it does, will have to consult with some young people.
I wonder what the answer is to the prison overcrowding? What would the Conservative party have done if they were still in power?
I think we do need to acknowledge that the situation has not been caused by the Labour party.

Here you go;

This has been a ticking time bomb for years now. So how come Labour seem to getting all the blame for it?

Release the prisoners early to ease the pressure on prison staff etc. This will just increase pressure on probation staff, council staff and police. An ill conceived plan.

escaped

If that's the most exciting thing these released prisoners can think of doing, then Heaven help us all. I agree there'll be worse to come.

Much, much worse to come as sure as eggs is eggs.

In a letter on 27 June, police chiefs also urged Sunak to take “immediate action to begin to address this crisis and mitigate its worse impacts”

Sunak chose to ignore advice.

The Tories planned to do it too but they left the mess for Labour to sort out (and not just prisons).

I wonder why they didn’t start with deporting any foreign nationals that are in U.K. prisons?

GrannyGravy13 because they don’t have any sense… but logical to me and you😱

I think it’s very clear now why Sunak called the GE in July, when the Tories were 20 points behind in the polls, rather than waiting until autumn, as expected. He knew all this sh** was just around the corner … let Labour try to sort it and pick up all the flack!