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There's an overcrowing crisis in the UK's prison system. The Home Secretary wrote to all judges telling them to only send VIOLENT PERSISTENT criminals to jail. Since then, 2 convicted paedophiles have been released on bail because there's not enough room in prison.

Lindis Percy is a 64-year-old Quaker, grandmother and retired midwife. She has been sent to jail for refusing to pay a £50 fine for peacefully protesting outside a US Spy Base at Menwith Hill nr Harrogate in North Yorkshire, UK. The spy base listens in on millions of people's phone calls. Despite the fact that it's on UK soil, the British Government has no control or oversight over it + is not allowed access to any intelligence it might produce. Lindis Percy has been campaigning for the base to be accountable to Parliament so that innocent people aren't spied on.

Is she really SO dangerous that she should be sent to jail when paedophiles aren't?

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2193669.ece

2007-01-29 05:06:04 · 3 answers · asked by Cardinal Fang 5 in Politics & Government Other - Politics & Government

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I didn't know there was a spy base at Menwith hill nr Harrogate in North Yorkshire. But I do now and anyone reading this will know too. The fact that it is on British soil means the UK gov know it is there and as you know the UK and US are buddies. Both the US and UK listen in on all phone calls in the interests of security, key words like bomb for example will trigger a recording device for someone to assess later.
If you don't like it you don't have to have a phone. Linis percy will have gone to jail for a few days she obviously failed to grasp that she may as well campaign about the ice caps melting.

2007-02-03 19:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by Metric 2 · 0 0

We have the same problem we need more jails,with a wing for judges, also we need a speedy removal system, we have the technology

2007-02-05 09:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

sure shes not a muslim "sleeper"....????

2007-01-29 05:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by badjanssen 5 · 0 1

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