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That would require the UK government to fund the police properly. And the courts. And the judiciary. And the prisons.

For a political party that likes the cliché "tough on crime", it's kinda surprising how far on the path to accidental anarchy they are.




It's the same party that's tough on immigration, yet keeps importing lorry drivers, health workers and building contractors because they apparently can't be found inside the country.


Off topic: there's almost no better word to immediately identify someone as British than 'lorry'.

I love it.


Suddenly bought back the first gig I went to a Sheffield's Leadmill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lorry_Yellow_Lorry


I'll see that and raise you "bloke" :-)


Nah, Australians say bloke just as much as the Brits!


Ah, got me there!


> For a political party that likes the cliché "tough on crime"

Labour also likes that cliché too [1].

They're all the same.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/27/labour-evok...


They do indeed also like the cliché, but as they're not in power they have no role in the undermining of those things.


They're hoping people will start hiring rent-a-cop type security firms for their areas. Not joking.


Speaking from experience, they work pretty well.

Unlike the metropolitan police which is utterly useless.

I want my tax money back.


> kinda surprising how far on the path to accidental anarchy they are.

"Anarchy" is not a synonym for "chaos". It is the opposite.

Triggered am I!




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