Category Archives: Justice Issues

Youth Justice System – Question (but only poor answers)


Last Tuesday in the House of Lords a question for Youth Justice System was raised and there were several responses but sadly only one member of the House may have referred to the appropriate solution and because Lord Ramsbotham was … Continue reading

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Priti Patel wants Labour run Police Stations to stay open!


It is clear that Political based Police and Crime Commissioners are a very poor quality approach to this role. The fact that the origins of the PCCs from the Conservative Party and initially adopted by the Labour Party for them … Continue reading

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What does Absolute Priority mean for our Government?


A few days ago the Minister responsible for Policing under the Home Office leadership of Priti Patel responded to seven written questions that have been set out by Colleen Fletcher who is the Opposition Whip (and MP for Coventry North … Continue reading

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Is this sort of open superficial corruption acceptable?


It is very clear that this article in the Daily Telegraph is not claiming that David Cameron has been corrupt. He has as many of us have read in other places apparently used his personal and historic contacts with a … Continue reading

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The very few Parliamentary words about the Bristol attacks


Following the appalling actions from Sunday evening in Bristol there were a small number of comments made in the House of Commons yesterday. They were all set out in a session on topical questions involving Priti Patel as the Home … Continue reading

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The Government must accept changes to this poorly prepared Bill!


The Government is currently demonstrating how well they can set out poor proposals or fail to respond to real issues in a timely manner. Over the last few days this emerged in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which … Continue reading

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An alternative to Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill


In my view this man would make a very credible Prime Minister. I happen to have met him on one occasion and I can tell from his comment as part of the response to the Governments current proposed policing legislation … Continue reading

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The tragic timing of Priti Patel’s current political plans


Over the last two days this week there has been the first and second reading of a political Bill that is clearly not fit for purpose and even if it included issues that were appropriate it was clearly something that … Continue reading

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Is Donald about to be formally charged with crime?


According to some news reports in the last couple of days it appears that the man in the middle of these images, Michael Cohen has been involved in a series of meetings with the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Junior. … Continue reading

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Young People need Parliament to stop calling 2 weeks one day


This image was copied this morning from this Government website that displays all of the Parliamentary Bills that are being processed. I wrote about this Bill a week or so ago here indicating that it was supported by a group … Continue reading

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