LABOUR PEER CALLS FOR PUBLIC HUMILIATION TO TACKLE RISING CRIME
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A Labour peer has said the country should look at ‘public humiliation’ as a deterrent for the UK’s rising crime.
Speaking on GB News Lord Glasman said:
“It’s impossible to live in London without having your mobile phone getting nicked on the street out of your hand. That’s palpable.
“I think we’ve got to think imaginatively about deterrence and punishment, I really do. This is vital.
“I’m quite in favour of public humiliation of these shoplifters: bringing back the stocks, pelting them with rotten fruit. The old ways are the good ways!
It’s not a matter of imprisonment. I had my phone taken. You feel humiliated by it. There’s this sense of genuine intimidation so counter humiliation. I mean, I really think we’ve got to think about it.
“There is a will to get policemen back on the beat, to get them on the street but I think we’ve got to talk about alternatives to prison that are punishments.
“Certainly getting the rotten vegetables and fruit from the supermarket and people having a chance to express their disgust at what they’ve been through, I don’t think that’s such a bad idea.”
