Barrister Helps Gangster: England’s Justice System Exposed
when the barristers join the gangs A young, “trailblazing” barrister in Huddersfield throws away her career to help a gangster hunt down and maim a rival – and the establishment…
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when the barristers join the gangs A young, “trailblazing” barrister in Huddersfield throws away her career to help a gangster hunt down and maim a rival – and the establishment…
I’ve Been Watching This For Over 40 Years And The Pattern Is Unmistakable I have been following British politics and news for over 40 years. In that time I have…
The story behind Evil Stepmum Finally Jailed Over 1978 Scalding Bath Death is not just about one horrific crime; it is a test of how our justice system deals with…
Introduction: Who’s actually on the streets? Ask anyone in England or Wales and you will hear the same story: crime creeping up, response times dragging out, and a sense that…
Two-tier policing is no longer just something people mutter about in pubs or on phone‑ins; it is there in black and white in policy documents, and we have now seen,…
Target keyword: politicised policing in England When Your Own Police Start Doing Foreign Policy Every now and then, a news story comes along that tells you more about the state…
This is an important update since his suspension. The Police Federation boss sacked after arrest over corruption allegations has now had his employment formally terminated, and that changes the conversation…
At England Then And Now, we track the gap between official narratives and life on the ground in modern England. Nowhere is that gap more stark than in the latest…
British Transport Police have launched an appeal after a man was reportedly seen committing an indecent act on a District line service in East London. The incident is said to…
When a child is tortured and murdered, and the state then hides how it failed her in order to protect the rights of the man who killed her, something has…