The Tories do have a tendancy at the monent to raise important isssues, where they have a reasonable policy, and then make it seem extreme all by themselves.

The Tories published action plan on travellers:

1.Review of the Human Rights Act to ensure it does not clash with laws against unauthorised land development

2.New powers for councils to remove illegal caravans and the option of larger court fines

3.Local authorities to be able to purchase land compulsorily where there is a continuing breach of a Stop Notice

4.Revised guidance to police on traveller trespass and criminal or anti-social behaviour on traveller sites

5.Empowering local people to decide on the location of traveller sites

If that has " a whiff of the gas chamber about it", then the goverment had better get some gas masks for itself.


Bunnhabhain