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Hebrides rioters petition apology            23/9/11

MP Angus Brendan MacNeil, has received an apology from Leader of the House of Commons, Sir George Young MP following the listing of an e-petition which stated that rioters and looters involved in the trouble in English cities should be ‘banished’ to the Outer Hebrides for five years.

Mr MacNeil had written to the UK Government asking why they approved this e-petition.

Angus MacNeil said: “Sir George Young MP has confirmed that revised guidance has been issued to all departmental moderators to reduce the risk of similar mistakes being made again.

“I very grateful to Sir George Young MP, he has been a true English gentleman in this response. His apology is gracious and of course we accept it.

The e-petition was approved for publication by the government in August. It  recommended banishing the mass of criminals who left a trail of death and destruction during violent riots in London, Manchester and Birmingham to the Western Isles.

Five years in the “primitive” islands would be suitable “shock therapy”  for the thugs reckoned petitioner Richard Miller.

He  demanded: “All rioters and looters from the recent troubles in English cities should be banished to the Outer Hebrides for five years. This would be much, much, cheaper than keeping them in expensive prisons, saving the taxpayer money.

“Five years of being forced to live in the Outer Hebrides with none of the comforts of English city living e.g. running water, electricity, decent food, culture and shopping, will put them on the straight and narrow, and frighten them not to riot or loot again.”

The e-petition was checked and approved by a government department before being published on-line.