Gerard tells it like it is again!!!!!!!!

UKIP MEP Gerard Batten has hit out at the Government for "actively considering the best way of implementing" votes for prisoners.

"Under pressure from the Council of Europe Britain is now going to introduce votes for cons," Mr Batten said.

"At no point have the law abiding people of Britain been asked about this, because we know what the answer would be."

"The previous government ignored this for yours and that is what the Coalition Government should do now. It is an utter nonsense that criminals should retain the right to elect those who make the law. It is an affront and an insult to the law-abiding".

"If you are in prison, if you have broken the law, then your liberties are curtailed. After your sentence is served, then you are again a full member of society," he said "But the loss of those rights is entirely the fault of the criminal. If they want the full freedoms of being a British citizen, including the right of suffrage, then they shouldn't commit the crime."

"Of course there would be no question of criminals getting the vote in Britain if it wasn't for our entanglement in the legal systems of Europe."