I thought this interesting 17 minutes well worth it – in which Jolyon Maugham outlines his incredulity at the corrupt government practices he discovered and what he and the Good Law Project are trying to do about it: Jolyon Maugham explains things simply and well – and in the current situation his Good Law Project… Read more
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Police
Particular threat for the Met Police
Many organisations are going to face a huge challenge trying to rebuild public trust when this government is finally thrown out. And surely and most prominently, the Metropolitan Police will find it particularly difficult? Their chief, who was probably a onetime spy, are now too close to this overtly corrupt, Conservative government, to suggest they… Read more
A message to Cressida
The voice over is apparently by Adrian Dunbar, who, appropriately, has played Superintendent Ted Hastings in all of the BBC TV series about Police corruption – ‘Line of Duty’. It is a nice touch to take the message to the woman – sorry ‘Dame’…… Read more
Good Law Project – Good News
A little positive news! The Good Law Project is threatening legal action by judicial review against the Metropolitan Police unless they investigate last year’s government parties, or give written reasons why they are not doing so. Their nine page letter is linked here. That should give Dame Cressida something to think on…… Read more
Howard League for Penal Reform has excellent ideas
The outgoing Chairwoman of the Howard League for Penal Reform, the appropriately named, Frances Crook, has written an excellent summary of what she is asking of Dominic Raab, the recently arrived Justice Secretary: The Howard League has developed an outline plan and we will build on the ideas in a series of blog postings over… Read more
Advice for plain clothes stops…
Long ago I was in a car stopped by police in plain clothes – complete with girlfriends in the back of their civilian car. It was in the midst of a traffic jam and the policeman suspected, rightly, that our driver had been drinking – but he had had very little and was well within… Read more
Why don’t police officers have licences to practice?
This is difficult – but, after the conviction of Wayne Couzens, we have to face up to it.. I’ve had friends in the Police (many of whom I disagreed with… but, even so I’m pleased to say that I never considered them dishonest). But we now learn these statistics: I’d really suggest that, for police… Read more
Dick by name…
The usually right wing Nick Ferrari yesterday interviewed the Commissioner Of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, on LBC. She maintained that : She was “very disappointed” that @ExtinctionR are returning to London this month. She says she doesn’t believe London supports such disruption and describes it as “frustrating”. Perhaps the disruption of flooding or of… Read more
Policing by numbers
I much enjoyed this tweet from David Schneider: At a time when many of us are paying increased council tax for extra police simply because government cannot allegedly, afford them – shooting ourselves in the foot seems now to be a government precondition……. Read more
When it’s a good time to be a criminal it is evidence of government failure
Johnson’s recent article in the Sunday Express, which is also likely to be the subject of a speech on Tuesday, received short shrift from the Secret Barrister who pointed out: Johnson’s idea that “making this country safe is the single best and most effective way of levelling up” is empty rhetoric when you fail to… Read more