Convicted London rioters should loose all benefits - Petition

[Mich the Tester]

Should there also be retrospective legislation to take away Fred Goodwin's pension?

[shaunbhoy]

Should there also be retrospective legislation to take away Fred Goodwin's pension?

Works for me!!

[Mich the Tester]

Works for me!!

Add that to the petition and I'll sign it.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Didn't he used to run bare footed? He wants to grab himself a nice pair of Nikes from that JD Sports shop window on the High Street before they board it up.

Indeed Alf did run bare footed - but you see that was part of his winning formula ... so no need for Nikes or any other of the new fangled wonders of the consumer economy - he could Run ''em all .

Now then - if we were all like Alf- what a wonderful world it would be - eh ?

[shaunbhoy]

if we were all like Alf- what a wonderful world it would be - eh ?

Most of the grim north ARE like Alf. Surviving on a diet of Fish and Chips. They just come up a bit short on the running front, unless they are being pursued by the Police.

[gingerjedi]

Is Fiorina 161 not ready yet?

[Churchill]

Most of the grim north ARE like Alf. Surviving on a diet of Fish and Chips. They just come up a bit short on the running front, unless they are being pursued by the Police.

When was the last time you did any running, Grandad?

[shaunbhoy]

When was the last time you did any running, Grandad?

I am currently on a rest day.

[PAH]

Which is why they should lose their benefit and then put into workhouses where they can kick start the manufacturing industry by making Chopsticks for China.

That may have been a joke (what isn't on here ), but something like that would need to be in place.

Saw Clegg spouting off on the morning news about removing crims from the council housing.

So in a society where they are trying to eradicate poverty and homelessness, where are these people going to go if they kick them out of their subsidised homes and stop their benefits?

My idea of a boot-camp, where the soon to be redundant army drill instructors knock some sense into the scrotes is the only sensible workable solution. They still have a roof over their heads but are kept out of society until they conform to the rules we all have to suffer under.

I'm not saying this is a means of getting them drafted into the armed forces, before all you yompers start complaining that you don't want them.

Just a way of getting them off the streets and into a programme of reform that ought to work better than the current prison system. Or letting them off with a slapped wrist, as we've seen from those sentenced or bailed so far. Yep, they've really learned their lesson.

[shaunbhoy]

So in a society where they are trying to eradicate poverty and homelessness, where are these people going to go if they kick them out of their subsidised homes and stop their benefits?

Chain gangs?