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9 June 2011updated 17 Jan 2012 7:04am

Why the Sun has turned Ken Clarke into a Teletubby

This is what passes for a debate about sentencing.

By Steve Baxter

Kenneth Clarke, the man who is too soft on crime for the red-tops’ taste, has now become a Teletubby. Do you see? Do you see what they did there? Ken Clarke is a bit chubby, therefore he’s a Teletubby. Haha! Terrific. They’ve cut out a picture of Ken Clarke’s face, and put it into the body of the yellow Teletubby, Laa-Laa. Why? Because Ken’s living in Laa-Laa land if he thinks that modifying the existing system of reducing tariffs for criminals if they plead guilty is the right way to battle crime! Haha! Geddit?

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