(Or was Tom Stoppard right when he joked in Jumpers: “It’s not the voting that democracy. It’s the counting”?)
We must be free to criticise each other’s faults if we are to live in a country rather than a balkanised airstrip.
The Tory stronghold of the Coalition Government is catching criminals – but is also revolutionising their rehabilitation
That’s 58 per cent before the next election and 20 per cent after it.
Whether it is on energy prices, education, the criminal justice system or industrial relations, Labour remains entrenched on the side of vested interests and unions.
As a matter of priority, extensions to the transitional controls on Romanian and Bulgarian need to be investigated. In ten weeks time, these will expire.
“Let’s start with the people who left his office and said things that were palpably untrue.”
Each crime that is prevented is a victory for civilised society – a victory that we should celebrate.
The use of “judge and jury” by the Police Federation turns out to be gloriously self-revelatory. It seems to believe that the appropriate one in this case is…itself.
Too often, the trauma of a trial and the lack of proper support means people are effectively re-victimised by the justice system.
The Sunday Times reports that “a senior police officer has blown the whistle on what he claims was a conspiracy by Scotland Yard protection officers”.
No drug user wants to be a junkie anymore than an over-eater wants to be fat, but these things aren’t what the choice is actually about
We’re allowing the police to be more robust and the system to be more sensitive: strong, compassionate and Conservative policies.
The Justice Secretary sets out to correct his predecessor’s mistake – and bolster the 2015 campaign.
The Government’s replacement for ASBOs will have a chilling effect on people’s ability to campaign and cause a fuss about issues that they hold dear.