These are the consequences of poorly thought-out gesturepolitics, however well-intentioned or compassionately motivated.
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Crossbench peer Baroness Butler-Sloss, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, accused the government of "gesture politics", telling the Lords community orders were already a form of punishment for offenders.
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The draft referendum bill - dismissed by UKIP leader Nigel Farage as "gesture politics" - will now be taken forward by Conservative backbencher James Wharton, who topped a ballot of MPs allowed to introduce their own legislation.