One of reasons put forward by Lammy is the number of years backlog caused by lesser crimes opting for a jury trial
The knock on effect that possible rape trials (amongst others) are cancelled because the victim not prepared to wait in limbo for years
Seems worth the effort to me

Read her article in today’s Guardian earlier, could have sworn I’d mistakenly (shudder) crossed over to the Daily Fail.
Get a grip Marina

BBC six on’ clock news (as seen by Chris Mason)
Why mess on with facts if you can get the opinions of a biased little twerp

Stones
Stones
Springsteen
Lindisfarne
Stones

Brilliant laughed out loud

That sums him up nicely.
Pompous
Bring back Caroline Lucas
Please

Brilliant! Put a smile on my face as big as the one on the Saw Bone Prince’s
Brilliant

The two clowns who announced it on Sky news quickly did a ‘but it can all go back up again next month’ nudge nudge, wink wink !

This government has inherited the worse set of conditions apart from possibly the post war Labour government
Brexit,14 years of misery and stagnation,Trump and his minions the rise of the far right the list goes on.
Would hate to be in Starmers position now, will do well to calm these waters

Unfortunately our media ….
🔻

Genuinely hope you’re right Claire, just concerned that the litigious malevolent orange turd will put Starmer in the cross hairs of trade tariffs if he doesn’t get his own way
Unfortunately for Sir Keir it’s damned if you do etc

Always thought that the wrong brother got the leadership job.
Happy to be proven wrong
An intelligent speaker always to the point.

Would happily take dull over lying and cheating

As the say in the NE (and in many other parts of UK)
Toffee nosed w…ker

Completely mislead??
We knew what said, we knew what you meant and we know what happened as a consequence.
So boil your head you big orange turd.

Starts with standing at the top of the stairs wondering ‘why the hell did I come up here, and what for’

Honestly feel sick inside now the orange Tango in the gold house is running the BBC
Fuck me!
How did it get to this

Til the End