“Being thoroughly unqualified to drive a bus, and having shot out the tyres, set fire to the bus and crashed the bus, the British people rightly want the stability that I can offer driving the bus.”

So accurate

Kings Worthy folk: Hampshire CC is hosting a drop-in workshop tomorrow between 1:30PM and 3:30PM at the Jubilee Hall, to share views on how to make Worthy Road safer and more attractive for cyclists & pedestrians.

No, but we can make sure everyone in criminal justice is properly paid for the work they do, and that it is a profession people want to go into. We can do that be addressing the work/life balance and what Counsel are expected to undertake as part of their work. The CBA

Justice secretary Dominic Raab tells Justice Committee that the Ministry of Justice "will have to find efficiency savings" to take into impact of inflation on the department's budget.

Count Binface ‘s opposite number in every way… Case prosecuted by Syan Venton of 12CP Barristers H/T to Rosemary Burns Cone of Shame more like… Man turning up at court tried to hide identity by wearing traffic cone over his head hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23142230.…

Sorry to bang on about this: Please take 5 mins to chat/check in with colleagues in robing rooms. Sometimes it’s all someone needs to get through a tough day or open up about worries.

An independent review, you say? In 2018, the government promised an independent review of criminal legal aid. Then delayed it until 2020. Then sat on the report until 2022. Then Dominic Raab refused to implement the report’s urgent recommendations. bit.ly/3XcfCBD

I actually have a lot of sympathy for our former PM. In my A-Level maths exam, I too was brought down by the left wing economic establishment.

It’s not a “pandemic backlog”. It’s a backlog caused by government cuts. Exacerbated by the government’s bungling of the response to the pandemic. And sent skyrocketing by Dominic Raab’s decision to refuse to follow his own independent report. Some honesty, please. 👍

Oh for politicians who are capable of discussing criminal justice in terms more imaginative than “punishment” and “tougher sentences”.

Daily reminder that barristers who prosecute Rape are quietly quitting/very scarce on the ground.

On behalf of barristers everywhere, I’m so so sorry.

A stuck record…

All hail Matt Cartoons

Nice bag 👌

Anyway while most of Twitter gnash their teeth about libel cases,this letter to The Times and Sunday Times last week by a former star of it & now circuit judge,may soothe. Genuinely one of the most delightful, kind & clever judges,this self deprecating letter is HHJ Parkes KC all over. Love him.

NOW you’re talking!

Well this makes for a refreshing change. And it shows it can be done.

Well this makes for a refreshing change….