According to the most recent ‘Sunday Times’, the joint founders of the Extinction Rebellion, Roger Hallam of King’s College, London and Gail Bradbrook, have spent the last three years researching one hundred years of reform movements and were convinced that the overwhelming evidence for successful reform came about by peaceful protest. Good for them. Instictively,… Read more
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Less likely to be imprisoned in Victorian times than today
An intriguing but rather depressing item on education and prisoners has appeared….. We mostly probably know that today about half of our prisoners are functionally illiterate. According to this linked ‘Guardian’ article: half of the 85,000 people currently incarcerated have a reading age of 11 or lower – with 20% falling well short of that… Read more
Less safe after any Brexit…
It is sobering to hear the Commissioner of the Met Police, Cressida Dick, state that Britain is likely to be less safe after any Brexit at all – and in any case it is likely to be financially costly. This is to most, I suggest, unsurprising. What might encourage Conservative remainers to ensure there is… Read more
Worthless of the world unite
There is a lovely ‘Le Monde’ quote that “The elites talk about the end of the world while the people talk about the end of the month.” And that indeed would appear to be a predominant complaint of the ‘gilets jaunes’. Macron has enhanced the impoverishment of the people whilst the rich have been granted… Read more
Police not investigating the misdeeds of Leave because of ‘political sensitivities’?
I think all of those interested in the Rule of Law should look at this ‘Open Democracy’ Article here. If the Metropolitan Police really are not investigating the misdeeds of Leave because of ‘political sensitivities’ we must consider whether or not we are in a country where the Rule of Law prevails or whether in… Read more
Drug Decriminalisation
Here is an interesting map (click to enlarge) of the current state of world drug decriminalisation for personal use: I doubt many of us realise decriminalisation was so widespread (I didn’t) but it is clear that it is not only decriminalisation of drugs for personal use that provides the solution (indeed users must surely buy… Read more
The failing state (continued): Policing in Conservative Britain
The World Economic Forum has issued a rather informative video on violent crime in Scotland – and in particular Glasgow – showing how improvement happened by treating the problem as one of poverty and ill-health. It changed things by looking at violence in a totally different way. Read more: https://t.co/plxcSigdNn pic.twitter.com/XtBKXRKL9p — World Economic Forum… Read more
This Island race
Given that we fail to train enough doctors or nurses, provide sufficient carers, or even structure our jobs, such as in the food industry, to be generally appealing, then I think we can conclude that Britain is set up, structurally, to depend on immigration. It is therefore crazy to try to restrict it. But that… Read more
The Home Office, eyes wide shut
The Independent has published an interesting statistic: NHS figures show the number of stab victims in England aged 10 to 16 rose by 63 per cent between 2011-12 and 2016-17 – four times the rate of increase in the population as a whole. So this seems to leave London as an area that receives most… Read more
Better judgement
Against my better judgement, I was persuaded by a friend to attend a talk given by a recently retired High Court judge she knew… (Needless to say I didn’t!) I confess, nonetheless, I was rather impressed. I remember judges from my youth who asked daft questions like who are the Beatles? This man was humorous… Read more