Sunak and Starmer clash over early release of high risk criminals

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and leader of the Labour party Keir Starmer have clashed over a prison's scheme aiming at releasing criminals early to ease overcrowding in jails.
Starmer questioned Sunak's ability to guarantee high risk prisoners would not be released early.
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[@MR.TB67]

There are more Nonces in that house than there is in jail

[@WhatDemocracy]

100%

[@davidgreen454]

There both at the top of there gangs

[@tecontech663]

Absolute truth. You win the internet today.

[@frankduffy2413]

True

[@isking1715]

Here, here. 😂😂

[@teresaharrison5773]

Pantomime Parliament is a complete embarrassment.

[@daviddenham1511]

Let’s hope the public are rid of these two high risk criminals asap

[@KOL630]

The fact we have to spend so much money building more prisons speaks volumes. Broken society.

[@TG-ts3xn]

Mass immigration and diversity 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TheAlexagius]

If they're high risk don't release them full stop

[@BionicRusty]

It’s just a joke to them all, isn’t it ?

[@AutoAlligator]

It has been for decades. Last year over 1 million legal immigration and we are squabbling about boats in the channel...still Next year it will be 1.2 million legal immigrants and still journalists will bicker about boats in the channel... The only thing keeping this population "growing" is immigration. Make babies people! WTF is wrong with you?

[@ianrichardson9950]

The problem with these boys from private schools, they still think they are there!

[@r200ti]

They are in a way. These are all top debaters, put in place to put on a show for the gullible public. When it comes to destroying the economy or starting a war with Russia or China both these numpties are 100% on the same page.

[@jenniferlaughlin47]

The whole cabinet is public school Conservative is I am sure but who knows when it changes so much

[@stevec6427]

Starmer didn't go to a private school, nor did most of the Labour party

[@stevec6427]

@@jenniferlaughlin47 Not all of the conservative cabinet were privately educated, Mordant wasn't

[@jenniferlaughlin47]

@@stevec6427 I can't keep up it changes so frequently 😂

[@stevethe3060]

They should all be in agreement if you’re a danger to the public you stay locked up .

[@dazedream2392]

If we're running out of space in jail and lacking deterrants. Perhaps remove the worst of offenders from ever being a threat ever again?

[@Vasislaw]

Two party leaders showing everyone what total prats they are.

[@darrell3716]

I'd put these two nonses in prison for horrific incompetences.

[@TJ-Judge]

Just exercute the peados. Simple

[@joegreen235]

New prisons, but no staff.

[@dobr4481]

The two highest risk criminals in Britain.

[@davidgreen454]

There both there gang leaders silly posh boy gangs

[@betaville72]

@@davidgreen454 at least they know the difference between 'their', 'they're' and 'there'!

[@biggusdickus5986]

​@@betaville72You say that but what proof do you actually have ? I had a letter from a barrister hand written and it had more spelling mistakes and bad grammar than a sun readers comments. Oh wait sorry he was a Barista 😂

[@michaellitten4538]

@@betaville72I highly doubt they do.

[@4thegood]

NO wonder Sunak said the next 5 years are going to be more dangerous. Early release for predators? Classic desperation create boogie men and claim you know how to defeat them.

[@DontRefuseToVoteThisElection]

Starmer and clan signed a letter to stop deportation of a criminal

[@TG-ts3xn]

Early release and will import even MORE

[@4thegood]

@@TG-ts3xn import and create more through various means. It’s really convenient his family business provides AI cognitive recognition which would help police identify criminals. That guy is a salesman not a PM.

[@cryptosaffa3869]

"Currency inflation, income taxes, and debt have enabled governments to get completely out of control. The prognosis is not good." - Doug Casey, International Man

[@ianrobinson9547]

Most of them work in the House of Commons

[@colingathercole391]

Hot news , We don't want any of this lot of incompetent fools.

[@OriginalMorningStar]

Havent we got enough politicians, without letting more of them out?

[@nha9199]

Sunak is completely delusional “the toughest license conditions” with our current probation system - the man’s a joke

[@justindavid1060]

Says the man who let saville out

[@biggusdickus5986]

Yawn same old bs, not that you're really interested in the truth but if you can be bothered to google it you will find he did indeed want Saville prosecuted but it was orders from on high that proceedings were to be dropped. But hey dont let a little thing like the truth put you off you keep talking bs if it helps you cope with the tory party about to be annihilated in the next GE 🤗

[@SlowhandGreg]

You know that's a complete lie why repeat it?

[@johnkerr7286]

@@SlowhandGreg Probably means 'turned a blind eye to Rochdale'?

[@xxxx-ep1tj]

And the groo^^^^.

[@danoneill4012]

Prison doesn’t prevent crime or they would be empty. Tougher sentences are what prevent crime

[@SpartanMikey]

Exactly, typical Tory spin.

[@jimmoynahan9910]

@@SpartanMikey No, typical idiocy from the likes of you. You don't commit many crimes against members of the general public or their property whilst you're tucked away in a prison cell for 10-20 years.

[@walkaz]

Of course it does Can’t commit a crime while your in prison

[@SpartanMikey]

@@walkaz But a crime has to be committed for someone to end up in there. The point is that it does not prevent crime as it is not enough of a deterrent.

[@joany531]

Life needs to mean that

[@joannasuccess]

These two muppets are just wasting AIRTIME, they are both trying to justify their PAY GRADE and positions, and yet what have they achieved? Are there any positive changes you can enjoy of late?

[@davidgreen454]

They both need defunding they haven't got a clue what real public wants

[@colingathercole391]

@@davidgreen454 they don't care, they are herding us like cattle, treating us like mushrooms and fleasing us like sheep. While giving away billions to anyone and everyone who is not British born and bred.

[@blinkin78]

Which positive changes do you expect the leader of the opposition to do exactly? Do you understand how parliament works?

[@biggusdickus5986]

​@@blinkin78Yep it always gives me a chuckle when the desperate tory voter tries to include Labour in the mistakes made by tory governments, its like they are so blinded by the frustration of knowing their sides getting booted out and hatred of Labour they can't do joined up thinking. 😂

[@stevec6427]

It's the job of the leader of the opposition to question and hold to account the PM. The opposition have no power to actually change anything

[@kevster1007]

Spare us from these clowns

[@colinmcnally5931]

All reading from scripts!! Who writes this stuff?

[@colingathercole391]

Hi i thought i was the only one who could see this, its all theater,

[@bwilliams572]

The Snivel Servants

[@howard1beale]

Speechwriter. The ones who write cabinet members speeches earn less than a batista £15 per hour

[@mcblaze1986]

Easy answer it’s the bird who’s writing this for them. Here you have the left wing and the right wing but there both there to help the same bird fly.

[@annharold5822]

The same script writers from East Enders…all a load blah

[@user-sy5ty1qg6p]

Sunak looking flustered and wobbly today. Can't seem to get his words out straight.

[@marciaedwardscrown]

If English was your second language you'd be the same too.

[@davidgreen454]

A discretion to this country

[@whiskeywarlord9425]

What about the invasion via boats and planes

[@clairedobson2240]

Well said

[@ragerancher]

And who has been in charge whilst that has happened?

[@ArielKaplan-rj9pw]

Invasion is a war used for a war and only that the refugees are just people coming from poor places or war torn place. Am not saying we shouldn't stop the boats but don't say invasion it's just people taking a dangerous journey for 1-5 years, they don't do it for fun lol and when u demonise them you isolate them making their integration into the British life harder. The only way to stop the illegal boats is putting diplomatic such as removing the dictator in Syria and sudan or yemen and stop sending weapons to rebels in Africa. Right away the numbers will go down 80%. Then we can take more legal migrants to fill in our decreasing and dying population. A shrinking population means a weaker Britain

[@daveyjuice7710]

Good point they'll all be wearing balaclavas enforcing the next lockstep step a lockdown

[@FREEPALESTINEFTRTTSEA]

Invasion via planes? What is this pearl harbour??

[@chris_3636]

To be clear, none of these prisoners should be released early to wreak further havoc. What is ironic is Starmer criticising anyone on this with his previous history. Hypocrite.

[@blinkin78]

His previous history of locking up criminals?

[@jontaylor5322]

It's 1 thing to release them, that's appalling, but Starmer invites them here in the 1st place!

[@AidanJacobs-jc7tp]

Well this comment makes it sound like you think only immigrants are criminals? That’s unbelievable bullshit 😂

[@GG-bc2sh]

He don't care they won't be released into his community but ours🤬

[@robmoore7708]

Release Julian Assange.

[@ECECECECEC]

Clash? Poor little Sunak lied and was caught out, then he buried his head in his little book and tried and failed at distraction

[@leehughes2666]

Prople in glass houses, Jimmy Savilles protector.

[@topnotchpiperdad]

And soft on Jim will fix it.

[@mariaandanthonyevans2925]

Starmer is adamant he will not stop migration 10 yrs from now we'll all be wearing flip flops and sandals

[@stevieg103]

You obviously have slept through the deliberate destruction of the UK and an immeasurable increase in both legal and illegal immigration under 14 long and torturous years of the self serving Conservative rodents and their vile following then?

[@foryourlugsonly]

It was labour whi brought in lenient sentencing. Wtf are they talking about? Labour intorduced the jail rehab reforms which have turned it into a mockery.

[@paullambert9291]

The first answer is just wrong. If a parolee on licence breaches that licence, generally they go back in for 28 days after which they can get back out. Action Man lying again.

[@BigBoaby-sg1yo]

I think Starmer has forgotten about Jimmy Saville 😮

[@rsmickeymooproductions4877]

No violent criminals should be released. I thought Tories were tough on crime. I don't even know what a Tory is anymore.

[@Beyond_Belief534]

they are the high risk criminals

[@judochop184]

The fact we have prisons at all sort of shows that prisons do not, in fact, prevent crime. Have the tories tried actually fixing anything?

[@petermclelland278]

Believe the government has given a Devon company the contract to supply fresh water machines for the ministerial department offices?

[@paulcousins1168]

He is doing the same as you at the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland during the 30 years of troubles, both tared with the same brush.

[@bungietwab4868]

pathetic, the both of them!

[@jancaulfield3549]

3000 in IPP sentences should be reviewed - this type of sentencing was revoked years ago but these cases have never been reviewed

[@sueskinner1459]

What happened to the investigation into ms rayner has that been swept under the WEF carpet??

[@paul8058]

I was released in Feb after serving 9.5 yrs for cocaine distribution. Prisons overcrowded with foreigners and OUR inmates are converting to Islam on mass.

[@thammut1892]

Hope you are getting on well after getting out man. I saw a doc about a uk prison. A native UK fella was there, who mentioned Muslims in jail. Not even the meanest predator bully would ever dare to pick on even the weakest Muslim fella in there, as he knows that would mean all Muslims there will be on his case right away. No one wanted to fight the mob in there. I dunno if you saw anything like this? I have my personal views on all religions, and they are not positive. Still, you have to respect that brotherhood, when we have NOTHING like that at all here.

[@paul8058]

They essentially ran the prison i was in and the majority of the young British lads convert. I'm just happy i don't have children of my own. We've been sold out. People have no idea. No idea at all.

[@keithwilliams744]

I would have thought finding religion was a positive thing after being convicted as a dangerous criminal but what do I know?

[@thammut1892]

@@keithwilliams744 Buddhism, or christianity sure yeah. Maybe, for some.

[@isking1715]

​@@keithwilliams744 Don't be naive.

[@timporter8886]

Just school yard bickering and oneupmanship! This is why we need an end to party politics, it should be all independent individuals representing their constituencies, and the less centralized the politics the better. These corrupt, self serving jokers don't represent any of us!

[@richard8331]

In reality they are both fighting to release them even earlier than the other

[@heartofoak45]

Starmer 'Playing to the Gallary'.

[@davidjupp961]

Sunak is completely and indefensibly WRONG its not a clash as it's described here

[@navisoul-oi8mo]

Finally, found the top priority to solve in the country.

[@davehunter9342]

Gordon Brown didn't let them out early, he was in charge when they let out many by mistake , twice I believe .

[@ome69]

No point building more prisons if you keep laying the guards off. Takes more than 1 guard to 50 prisoners to safely run a prison

[@davidmillertemporaryworks]

Why is Anglea Rayner sitting there like Teflon! literally any working class person accused of tax crime must be let off

[@FITZYIS]

so starmer didnt think jimmy savile was a risk at all , thats why he didnt even get to jail ! or was it the Knighthood that persuaded him otherwise ?

[@ajmersingh3043]

@FITZYIS It was Margaret Thatcher who nominated Jimmy Saville for a knighthood.There is a video of the event.

[@FITZYIS]

@@ajmersingh3043 starmer was head of the cps and refused to follow up on savile then received a knighthood and before that he defended and released known terrorists and ignored the grooming gangs , do your homework on starmer , nothing to do with thatcher !

[@tomvilliers2720]

@@FITZYIS Just another right wing troll peddling crap

[@FITZYIS]

@@ajmersingh3043 come on catchup starmers knighthood !

[@BernieHollandMusic]

How about a concern with the early release of high risk politicians ?

[@epposcrap]

He is putting other peoples kids at risk, dont let him

[@stuartbellamy5741]

Wish someone would sentence sunak and jail him for his total incompetence

[@prideofdurham4776]

Correct me if I am wrong but bragging about building more prisons is the last thing to do? Surely it is the sign of a failed police ( therefore government) system?

[@keithlowton308]

Kids are at it again. PLEASE PEOPLE VOTE REFORM.

[@photoplanet]

Good Friday Agreement anyone...? How about Tony Blair's Christmas cards to the IRA, promising a blind eye...?

[@DontRefuseToVoteThisElection]

Why didn't sunak ask him why half his MPs signed a letter stopping deportation of a foreign criminal?

[@bwilliams572]

They forgot to put it in his script.

[@DontRefuseToVoteThisElection]

@@bwilliams572 😂

[@michaelwalker1964]

Ask starmer why he never prosecuted savle or the Asian grooming gangs

[@user-hq5ui7bu6f]

When they mean high risk they mean letting out the nonses and sex offenders

[@mazdamaniac4643]

It's like watching the ex-head of the Crown Prosecution Service argue with an investment banker who see's no problem in forcing ex-cons to dig another swimming pool for him...oh wait...

[@julieyates405]

More attention needs to be paid to those in prison who should never be there.

[@TG-ts3xn]

Mass deportations

[@jean2740]

These two snakes

[@shaunscott3046]

Prisons clearly not a deterrent! Cam make more money in there than outside and it's easier lol

[@pauldaly845]

Starmer should look in the mirror ,Saville for one he kept out of prison

[@aleccap5946]

When you listen to stammer is he describing his Islamic Muslim friends from France ?

[@caspos1987]

Any sign of an NHS pay rise lads?

[@mrsrightways4872]

Learnt what the Black and Tans were this week. Released Prisoners who the Government of the day turned them into fighters against the Irish

[@julieclonan2427]

I learnt that the Mayor of Brussels, is a member of a Turkish Islamic society called the Grey Wolves. Also the Head of the EU is Married, to the Head of Pfizer. Who knew?

[@craig-pw3zh]

Move them into your neighbourhood Rishi around your family and children if you're so confident the reformed!

[@ArielKaplan-rj9pw]

Why don't we hire a Cambridge professor expert on this and let him decided with other experts based on numbers science and costs abd not some politicians

[@thelegend3965]

Starmer has no right to talk the matter of danger when he has a laid back approach to Muslims and Immigration.

[@user-tw2ds7ju7h]

Why home office without checks issued millions of visa? Care visa students visa. Of course home office fault .

[@kaywalker4433]

this is nothing more than a sketch for all you to consume

[@samrowbotham8914]

Starner two nouns Jimmy Saville.

[@user-of7cx4sc8p]

Sunak is amazing

[@shahidibrahim9746]

Over a decade in power couldn't be bothered to build more hospitals or social housing or even prisons. Tories.

[@TG-ts3xn]

And Labour will just bring in even more. Lose lose

[@mememachine5244]

Wait so let me get this straight, Starmer just straight up lies, like absoultly provably just lies. Sunnak responds, Starmer pivots after just straight up waffling fabrications?

[@vanillagorrilla]

This is how snobs fight

[@MrRufus302]

We have long entered a period of madness. How long it will last? Who knows.

[@malcky630]

Savils mate mouthing off.

[@mtliedke]

I like to comment on issues like this since i am resident of this country since 2006. As a first degree immigrant i often hear comments like "go home than" etc...Even if I agree with 90% of people I talk to. Whilst expressing what bothers 50% of british population. Let me give you some facts: British Railways to begin with. Trains are built in Germany and no longer in the used to be UK. Huuuge profit out of the plane from British citizen. Railroads will follow. No.2 Supermarkets. Average ownership is 28% for the UK . Meaning all of the Aldies, Lidles Morrisons now days are foreign capital. And you think they care wha tyou all eat? No.3 Fuel. BP to begin with. Places they go to are not for free. War to make they are safe is sponsored by ? Yes You my dear tax payers. And what do you get in return? "Ongoing rate" + margin. Yet they didnt deep their finger in expense to secure that land or bit of ocean that was under so much threat before. No. 4 Energetic infrastructure. Did They built it all to sell it so cheaply to foreign capital? Dont think so but Energy operators are hasty to take your money like it was a custom 20 years ago. Hint it wasnt. THey are thieves and parasites fueled by lasines of representatives of energy companies. It is huge slipup on part of government. And it should pay the price. Want to talk about bad foreign influence ok. German Aviva you pay you daily ticket to go around. Its German profit that never comes back to UK. British railway. Profit goes to Denmark in 80% and some of it to France and Germany. Supermarkets are unclear but 80% are foreign. B.P. Is public company whom shares could belong to whom ever has money at the time. Railways are build from our taxes for foreign operator that we will pay tickets for yet billions are being wasted. tonnes of lorries are being halt just to secure money trasfer for the goods thet are supposingly being transfereds in and out. Wake up. ##########Hearing all this do you still and trully think that Me leaving this country will solve the problem?

[@ResistTyrannyFreedommatters]

If its so terrible why are you here - genuine question.... I certainly aim to be away from these shores in the near future!

[@biggusdickus5986]

​@@ResistTyrannyFreedommattersGood luck with that, with all its problems UK is still the best place in the world,, I've travelled all over in my 66 years, and been to some lovely places, but after awhile l was always longing for the green hills of my North Eastern Village 3 miles from the sea.

[@julieclonan2427]

​@@biggusdickus5986I for one would really enjoy a chat with you, the problem is Europe are doing to The UK , what Cuba did to America, when they released all the Prison Population and Asylums. Its happening in America too . Someone somewhere seems to be looking to create, Bosnia 2 in Europe. What do you think?

[@mtliedke]

@@ResistTyrannyFreedommatters Really? The only answer to me pointing out hideousness of British government is why youre here? If I was born and rased in England and said the same thing would you ask that? Are you so embarrassed by your gov that want to shut people like me up or just pure rasist ignorant?

[@mtliedke]

@@julieclonan2427 The problem is not just Europe but the world over. I dont necessarily think its one country doing it to another. Rather there is political trend that everybody sees its profitable for them. Wherever you create disorder, there is opportunity to make gains if you have the logistics. In the UK all infrastructure was national belonging to people. It would make profit and benefit common people. Everything that ever was build by taxpayers money was shifted to private sector for pennies. So now they think they have power to enslave us or else. Immigration, Abortion, gender paranoia etc. Are just a surface problems they are creating for us to focus on so we dont pay attention to where the real s..t is going down. As long as we fight each other over trivia they stuff their pockets and its usually to late when we see what is really happening.

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

What about the grooming scandal , do they all have eyesight and hearing problems?

[@plopzzzzzz]

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[@ArielKaplan-rj9pw]

Instead of jail being only punishment how about we give them intensive classes give them something to strive via learning and understanding the world around them like in Sweden or Norway prison is a bad idea when the prisoner comes out worse than he went in

[@172louis]

It's all really just a load of waffle to make it look like they actually doing something...

[@user-rg3gt7dv8g]

Sadsak wouldnt care. Theyre proper sPEEDOS FROM HIS BACKGROUND

[@dianeglanville]

why do you sort of people keep going on about Jimmy Savile stop having a good on starmer have a go on tories

[@paulcousins1168]

Veterans don't forget what Blair and Starmer did in Northern Ireland. That's the Labour party for you.

[@grahampayne8376]

Cool play ground 😢😢😢

[@paololuckyluke2854]

0:50 Is this the Tory party?

[@nsmith3013]

ITS ALL A SHOW < THEATRE < EVERYTHING IS , wAkE UP!

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

What about illegal immigration. Deport deport deport

[@TG-ts3xn]

And ‘legal’

[@star-ed7fj]

When you building it after 20 years, we will find out in general election who people want to to their PM

[@Delete.9]

Neither of these. Vote reform.

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

Actually Jack Straw was asked about building new prisons after Labour came to power in 1997, he came out with same lame excuses about prisons not working and they failed to build new prisons, Eunach's criticism of Labour was right, they are guilty as the rest of them when it comes to crime and punishment.

[@Nattiie]

Uk is hopeless

[@skaboosh]

same stable owner

[@cleolector710]

If they must release them sent them to Ukraine your so fond of sending our money to