diaTribe » office http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp The diaTribe blog is our occasional take on life, the universe and everything. Observations on current affairs, the environment, politics, humour and music/gig reviews. Travel diary and extreme sports stories, along with the usual rants/raves are also chucked in for good measure. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:21:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hopeless Home Office Harasses Hookers’ Habitue’s http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2008/11/20/hopeless_home_office_harasses_hookers_habitues/ http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2008/11/20/hopeless_home_office_harasses_hookers_habitues/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:58:07 +0000 Phil http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2008/11/hopeless_home_office_harasses_hookers_habitues/ ... more »

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After months of head-scratching, endless policy committee meetings and (no doubt) lots of expensive conferences and retreats at the taxpayers expense, Jacqui Smith our latest “Home Office Hero” has presented plans to further criminalise men who pay for sex.

And no surprise that after all the hoo-hah we find that the half-baked proposals, presented to the public are pretty much exactly like Smith herself; well-intentioned…but entirely unfit for purpose.

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The latest home office fiasco has demonstrated why Charles Clarke is earning his nickname: “Jockstrap” (because he is full of b*llocks).

Not content with inadvertently releasing over a thousand foreign prisoners, it’s now clear that the Home Office freed 288 foreign prisoners after they became aware of the problem last summer! In all, the home office released 1023 offenders between February 1999 and March 2006. They included those guilty of serious offenses including drug dealing, rape, murder and pedophilia.

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A page from Tony’s diary

Pacific Tour Notes

Things to Remember:-

  1. Australia – Give pep talk to Howard’s “blokez” encouranging the Ozzies to stay on in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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