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Perhaps Anon 10.29 it would have been better to have used those decommissioned aircraft carriers as prison ships? As for 'open' prisons (sic.) I am sure The Skull Cracker would be fully in favour of what you have to say.

But cuts there have to be somewhere as otherwise the debt and the deficit just grow and grow. I agree they have brought chaos to the legal system. I agree that legal aid lawyers are not well paid. I was one once and not only was the pay miserly, it was always pared down, came late and required hours of form filling. The best one for brief advice was the Green Form Scheme. But that was of course abused by some dishonest lawyers and so withdrawn.

But something had to be done. As Liam Byrne said in his note to his successor in May 2010 "Congratulations and welcome to H M Treasury. But sorry, there's no money left, we've spent it all".

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