Which conveniently proves how stupid your own statement was. You just argued against yourself.
As to the crime act 2003. Here is some more info on it so you can eat more humble pie that as it was introduced by Labour it must have been lefty.
Ken MacDonald, the director of public prosecutions, criticised as "grotesque" the effect of the act's intention to introduce longer minimum jail sentences.
From
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2008/dec/16/criminal-justice-act
So yes, you are an ill informed. Facts gotta hurt your world view.