David Cameron is said to be 'furious' that the Government is being forced to allow prisoners the right to vote.
Wet, wet, wet. He's Prime Minister, for God's sake. If he feels strongly he should do something, and the obvious move is to amend the relevant legislation, the Human Rights Act, withdrawing from this wishy washy world where judges can declare almost anything to be a human right. Chuck the whole damn European Socialist-inspired Declaration of Human Rights in the bin and replace it with British legislation for the British people.
Cameron's excuse for not promising to get rid of the HRA was that it would send the wrong signal to the world. Believe me, Dave, your average African dictator couldn't care less about what goes on in Britain, as long as he can imprison his opponents. And what signal has this daft wish list sent to China? They must be laughing their heads off while they imprison the bloggers and dissidents.
This follows Cameron's craven climbdown on the European budget. At the next election the voters might decide that they would prefer someone with balls.
In the meantime we can reflect on how the candidates are going to try to attract the votes of this new constituency.
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