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This is from Diane Abbott, the former shadow home secretary, on Boris Johnson’s plan for offenders to be made to do unpaid work in hi-vis “chain gangs”. (See 12.37pm.)
This is a policy driven by the desire for favourable headlines. I has nothing to do with tackling crime or making people safer. t.co/HehSEgUJG2
The Home Office were quite adamant yesterday when I said “is this the return of chain gangs?” that it was not the return of chain gangs. t.co/Rr42XSQRuJ
Read the original article at The Guardian