Today’s bits of Nonsense in Chief
A woman leapt to her death hours after her father begged a psychiatric unit not to release her…Jon Venables, who was convicted of killing James Bulger and recently returned to jail, posed only a “trivial” risk to the public, according to a psychiatric assessment compiled before his release…The failure to rehabilitate tens of thousands of serial criminals is costing the country up to £10 billion a year…Northern Rock claims to have made “good progress” after it reported 2009 losses of ‘only’ £257.4m….Millions of householders will have to wait until 4pm to receive their mail under a controversial new contract for postmen, which ought to make it even more competitive with the Net….Alan Johnson condemned the social network website Facebook for refusing to implement anti-paedophile measures such as vetting and barring 12 million people without actually catching anyone….One of the coldest winters in decades means that the cost of fixing Britain’s potholes problem could reach billions of pounds, which of course we don’t have….The Labour peer Lord Paul has suggested that all members of the House of Lords should be made to publish full details of their tax returns dating back 20 years aaaahahahahahahahaaa, sorry, that was just too much even for me…..The Conservatives would conduct a major review of UK foreign and defence policy within the six months of forming a government, after which they’ll decide that yes, we need some.