Anchor I don't think the issue is the sentiment she expressed, it's more the punishment and approach of the courts.
I'm less concerned about the sentences imposed and, to an extent, the speed with which cases have come before the courts. Harsh but condign punishments at times of crisis are nothing new (the Bradford rioters are a good example where the Court of Appeal upheld long sentences even where they found flaws in the sentencing judge's approach).
What's worried me are the numbers of individuals remanded into custody pending sentence or trial.
The 'Tory councillor's wife' may be a pretty reprehensible individual (although, as with most of us, including everyone on this board, we're not defined by our worst failings, something we need to remember if rehabilitation and reform are to mean anything), but I struggle to see how the test for withholding her presumptive right to bail was made out.
It does seem to me that the word has gone out that people will be remanded if their offending relates to the recent disturbances and that they'll be 'pushed up the queue'. That may be warranted, it may be sensible, but, if it's the result of a direction or an edict then it's arguably extra-judicial and that not only plays into the hands of those seeking to stir up trouble, it's wrong.