I heard someone from the Conservative party on the radio this morning talking about their policies. After I got over the shock news that they had actually some and weren't just photocopying Labour/UKIP/BNP's, I was delighted to hear that they have a new policy on prison-overcrowding. They're going to solve the problem by building more prisons cells.

Yes. That will solve the problem. Definitely. Uh huh.

There is no point trying to tackle the inequalities and problems in society that cause people to turn to crime because

1. that would take longer than any 4-year government term and
2. well, it's a bit tricky isn't it? and it might piss off Middle England if they have to pay £20 more tax each year to raise the standard of living for the 3.6million children living in poverty (particularly the one million of those living in 'severe poverty') in the UK.

Imprisoning people after they've been found guilty doesn't take away the crime or the victim of the crime but I guess all those new cells will provide nice lucrative building contracts to certain companies who probably donate to the Conservative party. And isn't that what politics is really all about?