Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, of Ugbrooke House, writes:

The Prime Minister felt obliged to succumb to pressure, intimidation, from the European Commission and grant prisoners the right to vote for fear of being fined by that same commission for not complying with the European Human Rights Act.

The 'Big Society' Mr Cameron is trying to achieve rebel

against such a decision taken on its behalf by our elected representatives but imposed by unelected Commissioners.

When France and other European countries failed to comply with financial arrangements imposed agreed by the European Commission they were fined; but do you really believe that France paid a single penny/franc?

Along with other EU leaders, the Prime Minister has achieved a reduction in the amount which the European Commission is demanding in order to finance that Bureaucratic Mammoth. Cooperation in the Defence of Europe (formerly done entirely under the umbrella of NATO) is one applaudable step, coercion, intimidation is unacceptable and unaffordable.

The people in the United Kingdom understand the scale of our financial deficit and were warned of the austere measures which had to be imposed to balance the books. Those same people, the Big Society, elected one parliament to govern their country, not two; our Parliament is at Westminster and should be responsible enough to express our distaste for

rewarding murderers, criminals with the opportunity to vote.

Mr Cameron, Mr Clegg, Mr Miliband, we are the jury and you have misjudged the feelings of the majority of voters.