They spend billions on our behalf, but do we care where it’s going?

I GOT the usual strong reaction to the piece I wrote last week about the cost of a new prison.

Bloody liberals, some of you muttered, you’re all the bloody same. Just trying to hype up the cost of keeping people in jail because you’d rather see them roaming the streets.

One caller to a radio programme that followed up on the piece said he knew the way to keep prison costs down. Bring back the chain gangs.