Via The Conservative Party | News | News | The drug and crime culture portrayed in ‘The Wire’ is in British cities too: In a keynote speech on crime and broken communities today, Chris Grayling has highlighted the “decade of neglect” under Labour – a decade in which “violence in our […]
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BBC NEWS | UK | First trial without jury approved
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a criminal trial can take place at Crown Court without a jury for the first time in England and Wales. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, made legal history by agreeing to allow the trial to be heard by a judge alone. It […]
Read MoreChild stabbings almost double in five years – Telegraph
Via Child stabbings almost double in five years – Telegraph: Youngsters aged under 18 needing hospital treatment for wounds from a knife or sharp object have leapt up by 83 per cent since 2003, NHS figures show. There has also been a sharp rise in the number of children needing […]
Read MoreCCF Seminar: knife and gun crime
Updated Tonight, I heard some remarkable and shocking accounts of knife and gun crime in Britain and what is to be done about it. I’ll not repeat the accounts of the crimes themselves: some are too grotesque to publish here. And that is part of the problem. Some young people […]
Read MoreThe Centre for Social Justice – Knife and gun crime
A moving article from Philippa Stroud at the Centre for Social Justice, laying out the root causes of social breakdown and explaining the possibilities for reversal: Society will always have a criminal element – those for whom it doesn’t matter what you do, they will decide to be aggressive and […]
Read MoreCSJ — “Locked Up Potential”
From the preface to “Locked Up Potential”, another first-class report from the Centre For Social Justice.: Even when someone is sent to prison, the government fails in its mission to reduce crime because of the spectacular failure of prisons to rehabilitate offenders – work that should be the heartbeat of the […]
Read MoreChris Grayling on law and order
Today, I listened to David Cameron introduce Chris Grayling for his first major speech as shadow home secretary. It was great stuff: heartfelt, tough and full of measures that will be welcomed. In his introduction, David Cameron explained the need for substantive solutions to serious problems. He discussed Conservative plans […]
Read MoreUpdated and brought forward: “Am I a criminal?”
Excellent comment from The Times: This Government has relentlessly undermined the rule of law by its vague legislation and constant meddling. And, after explaining that the first erosion of the rule of law is passing “laws so vague that you cannot know, prior to the decision of the relevant authority, […]
Read MoreThree police officers beat up handcuffed Iraq war veteran
Naturally, the Mirror uses provocative language in this story, but the video shows behaviour which is utterly shameful. I hope the law does what is necessary to improve our trust in the police. read more | digg story
Read More“The Speaker has let us down in something of incalculable importance”
Richard Bacon MP on conservativehome.com: The right to oppose the government of the day is vastly more important than which political party happens to hold office. It is the cardinal fact which defines us as a free country. read more
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