Morris Dancing As Justice Dies
This story just absolutely shocked me. As two thousand criminals are to get early release immediately, and 25,000 are to be released before the end of their sentence every year, what could possibly be the most important thing on Charlie Falconer’s mind, but morris dancing?
“The prisons are bursting and the judges are threatening revolt but the weighty matter of morris dancing has been on the mind of Justice Ministry officials and their boss, the Lord Chancellor.
To the hilarity and astonishment of other Whitehall departments, among the submissions for Lord Falconer of Thoroton to mull over is whether a team of morris dancers from his department could name themselves the Lord Chancellor’s Men.
Making sure that the issue received the attention it deserved from Lord Falconer, one of his private secretaries sent a two-page “submission” to his boss. The submission, seen by The Times, is worthy of Whitehall officialdom at its best as it outlines the issue, recommendation, background, and consideration and handling of such a delicate matter of state.” (The Times)
I just can’t believe their gall! When the prisons are overflowing to the extent that many thousands of criminals are being released before they have served their time, that even the idea of whether the MoJ’s morris dancing team can be called “The Lord Chancellor’s Men,” and certainly to the extent of writing a two-page submission on the matter, could even cross their minds is absolutely disgusting. They should be working flat-out to fix this disgusting situation and prevent the necessity of releasing thousands upon thousands of convicted criminals early, not working on how best to dance in a stupid manner!
When the Ministry of Justice has so little respect for the justice system that choosing a name for their morris dancing team goes before sorting out the prisons fiasco, there is little we can do but despair.
Source: The Times
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