foreign offenders

Once upon a time, you could tell an election was just around the corner when politicians of all kinds started talking relentlessly about crime. “Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” was Tony Blair’s famous promise in the 1997 Labour Party manifesto, before ending 19 years of Tory party rule.

Once upon a time, you could tell an election was just around the corner when politicians of all kinds started talking relentlessly about crime. “Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” was Tony Blair’s famous promise in the 1997 Labour Party manifesto, before ending 19 years of Tory party rule.