This weeks Scum of the Earth

[grahamw48]

The criminal scum of the former Eastern Bloc flock over here in the knowledge that we are a soft touch and if caught will only receive a limp wristed sentence. Contrast this with Malaysia or Singapore - this type of vile crime is non existent because the filth know it wold be punished by a brutal thrashing and long prison sentence.

Absolutely.

When the British were their colonial masters we also had the Birch and a proper system of punishment too, so they obviously decided to retain some of 'the best bits' of the old British system after independence.

[Dedworth]

Absolutely.

When the British were their colonial masters we also had the Birch and a proper system of punishment too, so they obviously decided to retain some of 'the best bits' of the old British system after independence.

It just goes to show how foolish and shortsighted the UK was in abolishing corporal and capital punishment.