I had interviewed plenty of senior police officers and politicians in the past, but never a human rights lawyer. That is one reason why I was especially pleased to arrange an interview with Carl Buckley, an experienced member of Guernica 37, a Barristers’ Chambers with a specialism in dealing with conflict-related international crime, international public […]
‘I am having to deal with chaos,’ the Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland, complained back in September, ‘thanks to a Labour Government passing, with incontinence, Criminal Justice Acts after Criminal Justice Acts.’ Some people might interpret his outburst as meaning there are vastly conflicting visions from different parties for the struggling justice system, […]
It’s apparent that nothing this year could prompt a serving prisoner to raise a toast with their blue jail-issue plastic mug. This bleak conclusion might be rooted in the fact that prisoners are dying from failures to protect against a deadly global virus, or that men suffering from depression are being punished for self-harming, or […]
I have known Romford’s Member of Parliament, Andrew Rosindell, for countless years, having encountered him at events held in his Essex constituency, which happens to be where I was born and educated. Mr Rosindell, a politician with frontbench and backbench experience, has held a multitude of roles during his political career, including that of Shadow […]
Vasiliki ‘Vicky’ Pryce is a Greek-born British economist, and former Joint Head of the United Kingdom’s Government Economic Service. On 7 March 2013, Pryce and her former husband, Chris Huhne, the then-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, were convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to eight months in prison. Having […]
Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, is somebody I am keen to meet as, despite his Wikipedia page revealing little, I’m familiar with his reputation and description by the country’s media as a ‘top cop’. From the outset of my conversation with him, I can see why he was […]
Earlier this month, a leaked document was published by The Intercept outlining the worries of US agencies that face masks, now commonplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic, could ‘break’ facial recognition. The document, released as part of the BlueLeaks hack, emphasises the possibility of ‘violent adversaries’ using protective masks to evade biometric identification algorithms. To […]
It’s an early summer morning and, as I switch on my laptop, I observe the peaceful environment in which I am seated. The only noise I can hear is a sparrow’s song and the chime of a clock, which serve as a further reminder that it is time for my video call to begin. I’m […]
Some basic maths proposes that if an adult defendant in a Magistrates’ Court receives a sentence of seven months, for even a driving offence, the consequence will be potential unemployment for eight times that, under the current law forcing disclosure of convictions to employers. A sentence of fifty months carries an even harsher repercussion: namely, […]
Sixteen months ago, in this blog, I described a multitude of Brexit-related concerns in an article entitled ‘No One Can Whistle a Symphony’. Since the publication of that article, much has changed: the EU withdrawal agreement has received royal assent, Johnson is Prime Minister, May is a backbencher, and ‘the honourable member for the 18th […]
Elliot Tyler