Howard
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If this is truly âideologicalâ, and Labour would always have proposed abolishing juries *irrespective* of the court backlog because itâs a fabulous, modern way of doing justice, then I have just one question⊠Why wasnât it in your manifesto?
This is ideological. Itâs based on the idea that we turn crisis into the opportunity to build a modern justice system. Itâs the idea that we save jury trials and ensure theyâre there for serious cases. Itâs the idea courts should choose where a trial is heard - not the accused.
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Keir Starmerâs No10 is cancelling afternoon briefings for journalists and instead replacing them with occasional press conferences. At those, instead of us being able to ask any question on any topic, including technical ones, it will be limited hand picked questions
No10 has sneaked out, at 4.50pm on the last day before Christmas, that they are cancelling the daily afternoon lobby briefing for journalists. And they'll sometimes be cancelling the morning one too, to in favour of a televised press conference, to which "content creators" will
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đšKeir Starmer's No 10 is cancelling the afternoon lobby briefing, when journalists can ask the PM's spox as many questions they like, for as long as they like. They'll also sometimes cancel morning lobby, replacing it with press conferences with ministers, meaning many orgs
No10 has sneaked out, at 4.50pm on the last day before Christmas, that they are cancelling the daily afternoon lobby briefing for journalists. And they'll sometimes be cancelling the morning one too, to in favour of a televised press conference, to which "content creators" will
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How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from @Stephen_Cushion. https://t.co/d07avkMSUw
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Morning David Lammy! Could we please open and pay for these 63 closed courtrooms and hold rape trials in them? Instead of restricting jury trial for thousands of people? If not, why not?
đToday, 10 December 2025, 63 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 12% of them. #courtstats #CS10122025
https://t.co/OBi7XQV0Lo
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The only people who support removing serious criminal trials from juries and handing them to volunteer magistrates are people entirely unaware of the reality of magistratesâ court justice.
Thousands to lose right to a jury trial as government backs new intermediate court to deal with the backlog - my story for @ObserverUK
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Spot on ! Thereâs an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer wonât do it | Rafael Behr | The Guardian
theguardian.com
Labourâs reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasnât stopped Reformâs rise. Itâs time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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"You donât fight Reform UK by making its strongest issue the national priority. Nor, as countless political-science research projects have illustrated, do you effectively combat the radical right by accommodating them" @anandMenon1
observer.co.uk
As I wrote these words last autumn: âWe have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficientâ, little did IÂ realise just how right I was.Consider whatâs going on. The...
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This was absolutely exceptional. Exciting and exhilarating.
Ahead of the opening night of Hamlet Hail to the Thief, @msmirandasawyer meets the key creatives, including Radioheadâs Thom Yorke. Read more: https://t.co/5mqilCQ32B
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Brexit is quest for the Holy Grail. A shining promise: total sovereignty, booming trade, freedom from Europeâs regulations. But like the Holy Grail, Brexitâs promised treasures never existed in the real world. @UKLabour promises a âbetter Brexitâ â a new miracle deal where
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âStarmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffsâ https://t.co/ttHOrootpl
independent.co.uk
As the prime minister grapples with the US trade tariffs, trade unions and business groups are pushing him to negotiate closer ties with the EU
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Johnson's Brexit made Britain poorer & less influential. Of course, Brexit didn't have to be delivered as it was. No better response to the turbulence around us than to overhaul UK - EU relations. Fiddling around the edges won't do.
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Yet they oppose youth mobility schemes, rejoining the Single Market, and can barely even mention the word Brexit. Ignore every utterance about âgrowthâ from any politician who perpetuates this idiotic self-delusion for a moment longer. Our political class is truly third rate.
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Denying this is a bit like denying gravity. Not many nations are this dim.
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Howard Elgot and Abigail Telford appear in approval of compensation settlement worth ÂŁ23.7m in cerebral palsy birth injury case https://t.co/i5C3k09vtQ
parklaneplowden.co.uk
Howard Elgot and Abigail Telford appear in approval of compensation settlement worth ÂŁ23.7m in cerebral palsy birth injury case
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the G̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶s̶ English always win. All the best for the final on Sunday, England! #EURO2024
WE HAVE DONE IT đ€© The #ThreeLions have reached the EURO final for a second time in a row⊠and in our history!
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This is a time for plain speaking. Labour's victory has been described as a "cosmetic landslide". But this allows a potentially fatal complacency. Whatever the specifics of turnout, volatility etc., no one should be in any doubt. The national mood was Anyone But the Tories. 1/
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Less than a quarter of Brits - 24% - now think the UK should remain outside of the EU, while 71% say the economy is worse off because of Brexit. The tide has turned completely and at some point our main political parties are going to have to catch up.
huffingtonpost.co.uk
Major new survey also reveals more than 70% say the economy is worse off because of Brexit.
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