Our current legal and political machinery lands the mother of a 13-year-old daughter in prison for over a year over some nasty words online yet pours its energies to rescuing a man who detests Britain.
In placing his emphasis on article 40, is David Lammy arguing that speed of justice is more important than the quality of justice?
The Government’s proposals risk a rushed abolition of one of our most fundamental and historic rights – and removing one of the key features that holds up public trust in the judicial system – for a hurried attempt at backlog cutting that is unlikely to work.
This Government is clearly – and especially after the weekend – incredibly weak. The Prime Minister took office with no plan for the economy, public services, or our borders, and is now hostage to his backbenchers.
In the twenty seconds it has taken you to read this, another shoplifting theft will have taken place. In each minute the shops are open, there are nearly three thefts. The shoplifter will face little, if any, punishment for it.
“It doesn’t have to be like this. We want to live in a country where these thieves are being caught, prolific thieves are going to jail, and crime just doesn’t pay.”
Like Powell, the left wing barristers are haunted by the spectre of the majority, native population of Britain turning nasty in the face of mass immigration.
The Shadow Justice Secretary looks at some of the people whom the Attorney General has defended in his career at the bar.
If the Conservatives had won last year’s General Election, a similar review process would’ve been needed. Our proposals on short sentences are similar to those in the Sentencing Bill which was under the Conservatives but – regardless of party, this is a problem that has to be addressed.
“You’ve got to get out there and shame sometimes the authorities into action…millions were fed up seeing a small minority breach the rules…it makes peope feel like mugs,” he says.
“It’s also just annoying watching so many people break the law and get away with it.”
The Shadow Justice Secretary sets out how members of the IRA are set for big cash payouts, while veterans who risked their lives stopping their attacks are open to mass prosecution.
Our deputy editor explores an absurd angle of the cell shortage with TalkTV’s Alex Phillips.
London faces a choice: treat its legal dominance as heritage – or treat it as strategy. If the aim is to protect and grow this export, the agenda is practical.