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Long-term solutions to the Prison Service crisis | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red Vienna

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/16/long-term-solutions-to-the-prison-service-crisis

#Prisonsandprobation #AmberRudd #DavidLammy #Sentencing #UKcriminaljustice #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Haven't heard about "combined justice centres" in awhile. They were supposed to be the solution to court delays and holding suspects. Seems relevant with the "single justice procedure" being a government priority.

#UKPol #CombinedJusticeCentre #SingleJusticeProcedure #DavidLammy

2026-03-10 2100-2130

The plans to limit jury trials in England and Wales
The Law Show

The courts system in England and Wales is in an unprecedented crisis. The backlog has reached 80,000 cases, and some defendants are being told they won't be able to have a criminal trial until 2030.

The government has introduced the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which contains a raft of measures to tackle delays and bring down the backlog; but the Justice Secretary David Lammy has admitted that things are going to get even worse before they get better.

The most controversial change is a plan to restrict the number of jury trials. The right to judgement by your peers has existed for more than 800 years, but for some offences, that's going to end.

Defendants will lose the right to choose between a jury trial or a magistrate's hearing in so-called "either-way" offences.

Magistrates will get increased sentencing powers - up from 12 months to 18 months.

More serious criminal cases, with likely sentences of up to three years will now be heard by a single judge - and no jury.

And only the most serious "indictable" offences, like murder, manslaughter and rape and any other offence with a sentence of longer than three years will be heard by a jury.

But will the reforms make a difference?

Presenter: Dr Joelle Grogan
Producers: Ravi Naik and Charlotte Rowles
Editor: Tom Bigwood

Contributors:
Sarah Sackman KC, courts and legal services minister
Chris Kinch, KC, who until 2024 was a senior judge at Woolwich Crown Court in south London
David Ford, national chair of the Magistrates Association

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#BBCRadio4 #BBCTheLawShow #DavidLammy #SingleJusticeProcedure

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s4hz

Fictional Creation of the Fictional Judge System in Real Life Judge Dredd

The Judge System was created by David Lammy, then Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of Tottenham street crime, between 2025 and 2031, to combat a rising tide of imaginary terrorism and to speed up the process of injustice. While there was heavy protest in all places where there are sane people over the idea of abandoning due process, the electorate was in favour and Dictator Keith Stalin (who supported Lammy's plan) was re-elected with a massive majority.

... yeah, right ... lol ...

The original uniforms heavily resembled those of normal Bobbies, albeit with busbies and heavy boob armour, and they rode ChatGPT powered Segways. Following the Third World War of 2032 and discovering that Dictator Keith Stalin had stolen the election (... oh ... now that 2024 election makes sense), the Judges seized power.

(((well, i never! such amazing predictive ability in the 2000AD team!)))

#DavidLammy #SingleJusticeProcedure #DueProcess

The #UK's #Starmer demoted the ridiculous #DavidLammy from #ForeignSecretary to #JusticeSecretary. So Lammy lost use of #Chevening, the Foreign Secretary’s country residence in Kent.

But he still gets to live in the Foreign Secretary's London house, 'cos his successor #YvetteCooper doesn't want to live there. The Brits formally call it a "grace-and-favour home", but #SnoutsInTrough is more descriptive.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/09/18/david-lammy-grace-and-favour-home-cabinet-reshuffle/ / https://archive.is/Mccl6

@ChrisMayLA6 #RachelReeves is by far the least intellectually able #Chancellor ever.

#DavidLammy was the second-least intellectually able #ForeignSecretary ever (#LizTruss was worse).

And #YvetteCooper as #HomeSecretary was at best middleweight.

Collectively, they were the least talented trio ever to hold the UK's three Great Offices of State. Yet the #MSM parroted the #Starmtroopers' absurd boast that this was "the adults back in charge".

Trump administration accuses UK of failing to uphold human rights https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug/13/trump-administration-accuses-uk-of-failing-to-uphold-human-rights #Trumpadministration #Freedomofspeech #RobertJenrick #Humanrights #DavidLammy #ChrisPhilp #Worldnews #Politics #JDVance #USnews #UKnews #Law

#Bigots mad at #ForeignSecretary #DavidLammy for flying #bisexual #Pride #flag at #ForeignOffice for #BisexualAwarenessWeek

“The #FCDO stands for #inclusivity, #diversity and #acceptance, both at #home and #abroad.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Biphobia #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/09/23/david-lammy-bisexual-pride-flags-foreign-office/

#DavidLammy to call for #Gaza #ceasefire in talks with #BenjaminNetanyahu

#ForeignSecretary will also push for release of #hostages and increase in #aid during visit to #Israel and #WestBank
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/14/david-lammy-to-call-for-gaza-ceasefire-in-talks-with-benjamin-netanyahu-israel
#IsraelHamasWar #Palestine #OPT