tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33746415.post4529340204239585307..comments2023-11-05T12:43:13.176+00:00Comments on Councillor John Friary Blog: ASBO's and Naming and ShamingJohn Joseph Friaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024744038517318185noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33746415.post-59096990555595982562007-02-01T12:08:00.000+00:002007-02-01T12:08:00.000+00:00Hi John, I just found your blog. A belated Happy C...Hi John, I just found your blog. A belated Happy Christmas on this post. <br /><br />As you're aware the difference between us on naming and shaming is that we support the use of powers in specific instances where the Borough Commander advises it should be used, you prefer almost blanket coverage with rare exceptions. It's not a ground-shaking difference. <br /><br />Your bus-shelters comment though is apt as it's pretty unclear from any of your statements so far what a Southwark Labour policy would actually look like. <br /><br />On the Wooddene are you seriously defending Harriet Harman spinning a murder after misreading of Diamond Babamuboni's ASBO?<br /><br />The first complaint we have is that she used a sick murder to make a cheap political point about naming and shaming that turned out to be incorrect as well as ill-judged. It is simply not the case that a naming and shaming policy in respect of this criminal and his ASBO would have prevented the shooting. His ASBO clearly shows he was banned from a part of Dulwich around a school, not the Wooddene. <br /><br />The second complaint is that the ASBO shows this young man was violent criminal with a serious track record, including assaults, robberies and carrying a knife. I would like to know what the Police thought they were doing by giving him an ASBO for that rather than putting him away. <br /><br />I would assume as Labour's Community Safety spokesperson you would also take an interest in the dangerous and inappropriate use of 'soft sentences'. Or is the link to the prisons being full and your government's incompetence across the criminal justice system too obvious?<br /><br />On tax and spending, where do you fabricate this dishonest drivel from? It explains much about your local leaflets. <br /><br />The Lib Dem tax policy contains a clear commitment to the current levels of public spending, your £21billion claim is pure invention, as are your local claims. The policy also intends to make the tax system more fair by taking many of the poorest out of tax altogether funded by a range of green taxes and cuts in tax breaks for high income earners. 90% of people would pay less tax under these proposals without impacting spending. It's a policy more likely to appeal to Labour voters than your own Chancellor's pursuit of PFI deals and affluent donors. <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />AndyAndy Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435142067322544282noreply@blogger.com