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Reply | Reform Wales
at 19:58 7 Mar 2025
Down to 4 MPs.
Reform gone all woke worrying about people’s feelings. |
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Reply | Equality under the law
at 19:57 7 Mar 2025
How much influence did it have on the Sentencing Council outcomes? A bit? Lots? More or less than all the others? |
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Reply | Equality under the law
at 19:12 7 Mar 2025
So a report he was involved in was one of the pieces used by the Sentencing Council in their review.
It says “sentencing decisions needed bigger scrutiny and judges must be afforded more information about the offender’s background. ”
There’s nothing that I can see about him suggesting shorter sentences for ethnic minorities it there seems to be an imbalance in the data. Looks like the Sentencing Council have made a very clumsy attempt to remedy this.
Of course that doesn’t come across in the article because it’s the Mail.
FWIW I think Lammy is an awful politician and only a slightly better human being but I don’t think this one can be blamed on him.
Interestingly Robert Jennrick said that when it can before the Tories when they were in power they also thought it was ridiculous and would have pushed it back (as Labour have done).
He didn’t pin it in Lammy though which speaks volumes. |
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Reply | Equality under the law
at 17:30 7 Mar 2025
In what ways has he had anything to do with this?
Drawn up by the Sentencing Council (crossing over the last government) and being push back by the justice secretary.
Has Lammy (in his role a foreign secretary) intervened in any way? |
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Reply | Equality under the law
at 17:27 7 Mar 2025
I’m not sure.
The important bit is it looks like it’s going to be stopped, which is the main thing. |
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Reply | Trump and Vance
at 18:04 6 Mar 2025
Come now, Cat.
You should be getting your truth from a Texan wedding DJ from facebook.
He can give you the real geopolitical headlines then play Come on Eileen for an encore. |
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Reply | Equality under the law
at 20:45 5 Mar 2025
Agreed.
It’s just a bit strange that the barrister chose to have the Justice Secretary and Starmer in the thumbnail.
Could be politically motivated, could just be for clicks. |
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Reply | PSG v Liverpool
at 20:38 5 Mar 2025
What did you think about the red card, Boundy?
Commentators thought it was, I’m not so sure there was enough to turn the refs call over. |
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Reply | Reform Wales
at 22:33 1 Mar 2025
Disagree, mate.
This thread is about Reform in wales.
If they acquiesce to food standards as part of their manifesto as a link with the US , I’m going to have a massive issue with it. |
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Reply | Reform Wales
at 10:29 1 Mar 2025
That’s where I am.
However, if the trade deal with the US compromises food standards which we were categorically promised Brexit wouldn’t effect, I would suggest posters use the ignore button because I’m not going to stop going on about it. |
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Reply | Trump and Vance
at 20:05 28 Feb 2025
What message would achieving peace in this way would send to the world?
Invade a sovereign country, take land, millions die and then profit for it when a bully has deemed that’s that’s enough. |
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Reply | Starmer meets Trump
at 14:38 28 Feb 2025
I don't think they see it as a win.
Cutting foreign aid and increasing defence spending aren't very lefty things.
I see the left as being pretty unhappy with Starmer, which isn't suprrising as he's pretty centralist IMO.
Those who really aren't happy with Starmer are the 'patriots' on the right who are furious it went pretty well. |
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Reply | Mike Amesbury jail sentence
at 07:28 28 Feb 2025
Not my area of expertise but my understanding is that the difference between this case and the ‘swift’ ones is the not guilty plea.
This may well be two tier in that some can afford to mount a defence where others can’t, but sadly that’s not a thing. |
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Reply | Starmer meets Trump
at 22:43 27 Feb 2025
Absolutely!
The Chagos islands thing is a good example. Trump indicated that he’ll go along with the deal which would be affirming for Starmer and infuriating for the Tories, Reform and the right leaning press.
Of course what he says and what he does do not always tally. |
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Reply | Mike Amesbury jail sentence
at 22:40 27 Feb 2025
While it’s reasonable to question the length of these sentences I don’t think it can be called two tier.
If there’s evidence of the same crime, in the same contest, committed by people with the same behavioural backgrounds having different sentences because of who the are then that would be two tier. It would also be two tier if sentencing guidelines were ignored. I’ve not seen any of that.
Otherwise it’s just feeling that sentences don’t always fit the crimes |
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Thread | Starmer meets Trump
at 22:26 27 Feb 2025
The devil will be in the detail but looks like a pretty big success.
There’s clearly been some serious preparation time given to it.
There seems to be a helpful space for us between the EU and the US.
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Reply | Relegation
at 15:47 23 Feb 2025
That’s a horrible thought, isn’t it ? 😩 |
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Reply | Another knife attack
at 15:42 23 Feb 2025
TBF this forum is (thankfully) a broad church and there’s no disagreement. |
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