LAGGING BEHIND ?

As controversy reigns over the conflict between the European Court of Human Rights and HM Gov, over the question of votes for prisoners, I suspect Ministers may be lagging behind in their quest for a solution.

Despite the fact that Dave Cameron has said that prisoners will not get to vote all the time he has a say in it, there are fears that to deny old lags the chance to cast their votes might lead to a huge number of claims for compensation, if the UK Government defies the ECHR edict.

There have been mutterings about finding a compromise, aka fudge, involving the prospect of votes being given only to prisoners serving up to two years in the nick, which would be OK for them but not for the longer term rascals detained at Her Majesty`s pleasure.   What`s needed is a solution that will satisfy all prisoners, the ECHR and HM Gov. and it surely lies in the beezer wheeze to give all prisoners the right to vote.....but only at Parish Council elections and, just to add a delicious irony, those for the election of Police and Crime Commissioners.