Convicted prisoners may get vote

There was a time when a felon was in prison without privileges. I was always taught at school that a privilege was something extra to normal daily life. Like going on a school trip. That was a privilege. Then the sanctimonious lefties got in and started using the word to have a go at "toffs". "They're privileged," they would say, commenting on public schools and the like.

So is it any wonder that prisoners may get the right to vote, because the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled a ban on voting rights was unlawful? Not really. The ECHR is so keen to talk of rights that they completely forget about privileges. It is no more a right for a prisoner to vote than for a pig to have a pilot's licence. I'm all in favour of proper corrective punishment and remedial care whilst in prison. But Thomas Cook is not in charge of prisons. No merry escapades and parties of pleasure, please.

Are we to get hustings in jail? David Dimbleby hosting Question Time from Winson Green Prison? In marginal seats it could be the villains that swing the vote. How many honourable members with small majorities want it known that the convict vote got them to the House? The whole idea is preposterous.

David Cameron says that child killers and serial murderers should be left off the list. That still allows rapists, wife murderers and the rest a voice at the ballot box. It's bizarre. "What are you going to do for us?" "Well, if I'm elected, you'll get jacuzzis, free lotto tickets and steak dinners every Saturday night!" "We'll vote you, but only if you add in a 'get out of jail' wildcard" "OK, it's a deal".

What a world!

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It's a con! - Vote Labour!

Convicts are to be given the vote, or they will if this New Labour shower get their way. Not content with fiddling the crime statistics, letting rapists go free, and generally cocking the whole penal system up, they are now cosying up to the cons in the vain hope that these miscreants will turn out in their droves to vote Labour.

I would never vote Labour even if I was in dire need. They used to be all suspect with their Red Flag singing, nationalisation fever, and their general sense of envy laced with the odd spasms of hatred and malice. It was the Class War! Then they got all priggish and turned into some Pink version of the red variety. A bit like choosing cans of salmon in the supermarket.

Ministers imply they have been forced to lift the traditional ban on inmates voting to comply with a European court ruling. Why on earth? On this occasion why don't they just ignore it. It is utterly preposterous that a foreign court can carry on like this.

Along with the cons, it will be those European Court judges lining up to vote. We'll get regime change not because we voted for it but because a whole phalanx of petty crooks, drug smugglers and legal eagles have swamped the ballot stations!

Are we mad?

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