A Series of unfortunate events - Friday Morning Ramblings...
Two things today stand out from the paper. The first that there is to be a musical being made about the life and times of David Blunkett the ex home secretary of the United Kingdom, The producers of the show stated that following Mr Blunkett's rise and fall, no doubt similar to that of the infamous Reginald Perrin, would provide "huge entertainment potential" (Daily Telegraph - Friday 28 January 2005) and why not? I mean the catalogue of events that led up to the former home Secretaries resignation would fill the pages of a novel that no one would buy least of all for entertainment value as no one would believe the plot and how a man in his position could hope to get away with it whiteout the facts coming to light.On another matter, but one that might be connected, one never knows and judging by the pending musical about a certain Mr Blunkett maybe this should be added as a sub plot. What it is it I hear you cry? well its a report in the paper about prisoners from an open prison in West Sussex who pop out to pick up their drink and food from the local Tescos. Now we are not talking about coke or crisps, oh no, we are talking about Larger, whiskey, Southern Comfort to wash down the smoked Salmon that they purchased at the same time. The report also goes on to say that prisoners are trying to escape not to get away from the enforced incarceration that they have been sentenced to, oh no, but at the rate of about 11 per month they are trying to escape to get away from the drink culture that prevails inside the prison itself. Now this obviously has a funny side to it, but lets for one second consider the unfunny part, the more serious side, surely, and correct me if I am wrong a prison is a place for correction, to teach these unruly elements of society the values of right and wrong and not to allow them to wander the streets causing more annoyance and destruction? or have I got this totally wrong? Am I living in a minority of one when I feel that if someone is sent to prison then in prison they should stay in prison until the time of their parole or the end of their sentence? How can one learn the errors of their ways if one is allowed to go out and purchase home comforts from the local supermarket, to imbibe, to eat fine foods, and all at Her Majesty's pleasure. I sure she is delighted that her fellow citizens are having such a wonderful time of it for her pleasure. And one final comment on this, who is paying for it? The prisoner? You? Me? And does this form of correction work, if so can I sign up, what crime do I have to commit to be allowed to enter such an establishment for I would prefer this form of detention rather than being subjected to David Blunkett - the musical, now there's a thought, prisoners running scared from the theatre into the nearest Tescos, and in this instance I think I would certainly not blame them.
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