UK Politics

It’s obvious people have not read the article which refers to cases where the decision was made years ago under the Tory government. Future bed and board payments are being reviewed and expected to be scrapped.

In this case he was awarded £650k compensation and £37k was deducted from that.

I understand the line in the sand where the country has been bankrupted and just can’t revisit every bad decision made over the last 15 years and pay up, there isn’t the money or the court time.

Unfortunately this article is written to stoke hate for the current government, I’m just offering the alternative bias.

Conservatives are who charged innocent people for "bed and board". Conservatives are now pretending this was done by the normal people. Torries did this terrible shit, not Labour.

Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word. All statements made by conservatives should be dismissed out of hand as dishonest.

I hope none of our officials in America are reading this because they're bound to think it's a great idea and implement it here. If the state wrongfully puts you in prison you shouldn't owe the state shit.

What the fuck world are we living in when the Tories are saying this is unfair and shouldn't happen but Labour are pressing ahead with it?

However, the then Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was said to hold the view that those who had been wrongly convicted should not have to pay living expenses for the time they spent in jail, on the basis that the practice is unfair. Mr Sunak’s press secretary told journalists last year: “In principle, for someone who has been wrongfully convicted, it doesn’t seem fair that they would have to repay or reimburse costs.”

Former Tory Justice Secretary Robert Buckland described Mr Malkinson’s case as “egregious” and suggested he should get special consideration.

“What happened to Mr Malkinson is a dreadful set of circumstances and it doesn’t sound right that he’d have to pay for bed and boarding costs,” he said