Criminals treat us with contempt

The declining quality of life in this country can be partially attributed to the selfishness displayed by an increasing number of people who seem to have no concept of duty or of adhering to our system of law, but prefer to demand the right to get their own way, regardless of the welfare of others.

Many now feel that, if they wish to do something they will, even if it breaks the law, varying from those who use electric scooters and bikes where they are not permitted, through cyclists who arrogantly ride through red lights, cycle on pavements, or ignore one-way signs, motorists who ignore speed limits and parking restrictions, to those who dump immense amounts of rubbish in the countryside.

More serious criminals now treat the justice system with contempt, as they know that, with a police service more concerned with investigating people’s opinions than catching offenders, a court system which hands out pathetically weak sentences, and a government that refuses to even build enough prisons, they have a

good chance of avoiding any sort of meaningful punishment. Despite having access via GCHQ to one of the most advanced cyber agencies in the world, the government does little to pursue conscienceless fraudsters who prey on the most vulnerable in our society. Virtue-signalling political activists excuse blatant breaches of public order, whether it be many arriving illegally on our coasts, those intimidating law-abiding citizens with aggressive demonstrations, or activists disrupting people’s lives in the name of climate change theories, claiming that their cause is so sacred it justifies whatever they chose to do.

Of course a determined government could make a significant difference by clamping down on the individuals responsible, but it once was that conscience, and a sense of obligation to others, was the most effective means of ensuring an orderly society, responsibility arising from within. However, the decline in religious belief, coupled with a ‘me first’ perspective, makes it very unlikely this attitude can ever be resurrected.

‘With the list of ‘conditions’ expanding exponentially, this will add another layer of pointless activity to our overburdened criminal justice system...’