Blair to leave office on June 27

[Nixt]

The government could make questions harder if they wanted to, Also if you brought back the cane/make it easier to expel people, do you really think we'd have little yobs behaving like animals? - I don't think so..

Also Government do have power over laws, life used to mean life, it means 7 years now.

I can hold Blair responsible, he took on the task and promised a better Britain, he FAILED and lied to us over a illegal war which has killed many people.

It is not the responsibility of the government to make the questions and how hard or easy they are and just because they could - it does not mean they will exploit that power and get involved in everything as the majority of people would not like this.
Yes the government have power of laws, they make the laws. Laws and sentencing are two different things - sentencing is covered the an act but many other things influence a Judge's decision to sentence and individual.
Blair has brought us a better Britain, what does the Iraq war have to do with a better Britain? Absolutely nothing?! It was a mistake, yes but it doesn't make Britain better or worse for it inhabitants really. Your problem with Blair seems to be with the Iraq war, and your other points are generally quite invalid.

[-:Undertaker:-]

It is not the responsibility of the government to make the questions and how hard or easy they are and just because they could - it does not mean they will exploit that power and get involved in everything as the majority of people would not like this.
Yes the government have power of laws, they make the laws. Laws and sentencing are two different things - sentencing is covered the an act but many other things influence a Judge's decision to sentence and individual.
Blair has brought us a better Britain, what does the Iraq war have to do with a better Britain? Absolutely nothing?! It was a mistake, yes but it doesn't make Britain better or worse for it inhabitants really. Your problem with Blair seems to be with the Iraq war, and your other points are generally quite invalid.

If the questions are getting easier than it is the governments job to intervene and make sure todays generation aren't turning into cabbages.

If the sentencing is getting less harsh then the Government, again, needs to intervene, if Rapists and Muderers are getting 5 years then cleary something needs to be done.

The war with Iraq has left Britain worse off, familys spilt in half, soliders going over there to DIE and for what?

God yeah, Britain does seem better :rolleyes:

[3d]

well tbh blair did have a few big mistakes but other than that he wasnt bad

[Nixt]

If the questions are getting easier than it is the governments job to intervene and make sure todays generation aren't turning into cabbages.

If the sentencing is getting less harsh then the Government, again, needs to intervene, if Rapists and Muderers are getting 5 years then cleary something needs to be done.

The war with Iraq has left Britain worse off, familys spilt in half, soliders going over there to DIE and for what?

God yeah, Britain does seem better :rolleyes:

It is not their responsibility. Maybe they should get involved, however as I said previously if the government get too involved with everything then people start complaining. Besides, measures have been introduced to make sure grades aren't so easy to achieve - the abolition of coursework etc.
Only 2.5% of rapists are arrested for another rape after being released. Okay this isn't good however that's a very tiny amount so you can hardly say that all criminals repeatedly offend following release. They learn their lessons from the stretches they are given so why leave congested prisons full of prisoners who actually have learnt from their mistakes. I suppose it's all a matter of opinion though.
There have been a total of 148 British casualties in the Iraq war, out of a population of 60 million. This might be considered too much and perhaps it is, however these people sign up and join the army; they are aware of the implications; they know they may go to war and so do their families - it is their choice, not the government's.

[Browney]

The dumbing down of tests seems like it was going to happen whether Blair liked it or not. Very early television used to be educational, but not anymore. We get "eh-oh." Dumbing down is occuring everywhere.

I seriously have no arguement against longer sentences. I think you're right that the prison times some murderers spend are ridiculous. However, these are certain judges, in certain places, not everywhere. There are judges who are making a stand and giving longer sentences.

The war in Iraq was started using the information available at the time. Looking back now, anybody could say Blair was wrong, at the time it looked like the right thing to do.

[Dan2nd]

If the questions are getting easier than it is the governments job to intervene and make sure todays generation aren't turning into cabbages.

If the sentencing is getting less harsh then the Government, again, needs to intervene, if Rapists and Muderers are getting 5 years then cleary something needs to be done.

The war with Iraq has left Britain worse off, familys spilt in half, soliders going over there to DIE and for what?

God yeah, Britain does seem better :rolleyes:

Dude its a war people are going to die no matter what unless they invent cyborges or something ;l

[-:Undertaker:-]

The dumbing down of tests seems like it was going to happen whether Blair liked it or not. Very early television used to be educational, but not anymore. We get "eh-oh." Dumbing down is occuring everywhere.

I seriously have no arguement against longer sentences. I think you're right that the prison times some murderers spend are ridiculous. However, these are certain judges, in certain places, not everywhere. There are judges who are making a stand and giving longer sentences.

The war in Iraq was started using the information available at the time. Looking back now, anybody could say Blair was wrong, at the time it looked like the right thing to do.

I think it was for oil, I knew it was wrong at the time and so did most of the world, America was still behind their president becasue they were brainwashed, watch Farenheit 9/11, it shows how long Bush and the Administration spent brainwashing.

Dude its a war people are going to die no matter what unless they invent cyborges or something ;l

Oh!

So it's ok that people are dieing, I see your point now.

[Dan2nd]

Oh!

So it's ok that people are dieing, I see your point now.

Oh please quote me saying that? .. :rolleyes: Yeah didn't think I did Like I said people die in war face it is a FACT. Yes Tony Blair took us to war but it is NOT his fault people have died in it.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Oh please quote me saying that? .. :rolleyes: Yeah didn't think I did Like I said people die in war face it is a FACT. Yes Tony Blair took us to war but it is NOT his fault people have died in it.

It is his fault, he takes us into an illegal war for nothing and it's HIS fault over the deaths.

[Dan2nd]

It is his fault, he takes us into an illegal war for nothing and it's HIS fault over the deaths.

He took us into a war but he dosn't work out plans and stratagys (sp?) does he? he dosn't tell the soldiers where to go.. so it can't possibly be his fault unless hes standing there with an AK47 shooting them himself. thats like saying hes funding the NHS so its his fault Mr Todd died on the operating table last week.