Taking The Election Seriously, Navy Style
It’s great to see that members of the Senior Service haven’t lost their touch.
A former Royal Navy seaman has been given an Asbo – to stop him swearing at politicians when they appear on his TV or on the radio.
Martin Solomon, 64, has already spent the past two weeks in prison waiting to be sentenced after admitting he had breached a previous Asbo by shouting and swearing loudly in his home in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and disturbing his neighbours last month.
Appearing at Gloucester Crown Court, Solomon said he was sorry for his outbursts, which he said were prompted by politicians speaking on TV programmes. He also promised to avoid General Election coverage.
‘I am sorry, I have nothing against my neighbours at all,’ he told the court. ‘When I see Question Time sometimes I get angry but it’s not directed at anyone else, it’s at the TV.
‘I’m a hard-working member of society. I don’t want to go to prison – my solicitor told me not to watch the TV.’
Judge Martin Picton set him free with a new community order for 12 months, 200 hours’ unpaid work, 60 days’ attendance on an education and training course, and monthly court reviews.
He said the first review will be on May 6 – the day of the General Election.
Now 200 hours is a bit harsh for swearing at the box during Question Time. Try the liveblog of QT here and over on Biased-BBC and you’ll see that the poor chap isn’t alone in his frustrations. We’d all be locked up.
Also unsure what the “eductation and training course” is about….Stalin used to have camps for that sort of thing but the country can’t have slipped that far yet, surely? Unless it is designed to teach you how to swear, in which case a trip over to the GrumpyOldTwat‘s site will do a better job.
What a shit state this country has got into ..
The Court would have been better awarding the poor old “Sand-Scratcher” the cost of a bottle of “Pusser’s Rum” ..
A couple of Tots & he’d drift off like a baby .. no more swearing at politicians .. Though God knows, theyre enough to make you spit blood ..
FFS I really have had it with this whole piss-pot of a country.
While it may only have been in our own mids, the English used to be respected for their sense of fair play and justice.
Common sense is no longer common and the rule of law has been userped by the rule of not ‘offending’ anyone.
We, as a nation, need to grow a pair and stop whining about how our feelings have been hurt by every little social infringement.
Where’s my plane I ahve a tax office to visit?
When I first saw this story, it crossed my mind that if it wasn’t actually you then it should be 🙂
True. Oh for a judge, or a policeman, or a politician, or some tribunalführer just to saw the magic words “Oi! You! Buck your ideas up! Look in a mirror! Can you ghear yourself talk? Get a grip, man! That’s not offensive! If you want to hear offensive then listen up – I think………”
Don’t even start me on that Lance Corporal woman who was after £1.1M because the Army wouldn’t open a creche for her next to the parade ground. She still got £17k today which was a disgrace and a scandal. Couldn’t blog on it for fear of completely losing the plot.