Some good suggestions Villan.

I think all teenagers should be served with ASBOs as soon as they reach their 13th birthday.

This will help ensure they behave, while at the same time remove the cachet that ASBOs have among teenagers as a "badge of honour". If they all have them, the yobs won't think it's 'cool' to have one and won't bother to deliberately flout the law to 'prove' themselves to their pals, as I understand many do now.

As for criminals, all criminals should have to repay all costs associated with their crime in full. This includes the cost of stolen items (cars, etc.); repairing damaged property; compensation to victims awarded by courts for distress caused; police time to investigate/detect/arrest the criminals; cost of the legal proceedings; and cost of accommodation in jail.

If they can't pay immediately, they will have property removed by distraint (by bailiffs, etc.), and if they don't have the money or property, they should have to pay it back in instalments once they complete their sentence, if necessary by deductions from their benefits.

If students have to pay for their education and get into debt for several years afterwards, I don't see why criminals should get off without paying a penny like they do now.

Perhaps some of them might even think twice before committing crimes in the first place, if they knew they would have to pay financially. There's nothing like hitting someone in the wallet to get a message across, in this day and age.

That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the extremely moderate party :-)