I was invited (jointly with Greg Powell) to speak at this CLFS conference in the final speaker slot, on the topic of “unity, and changes ahead” Greg Powell spoke first, lambasting the MoJ for their announcement earlier in the week that following their LGFS consultation (and despite 97% opposition) they would cap payment at 6k […]
On 14th July 2016 incoming Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Liz Truss as the new Secretary of State for Justice (also known as Lord Chancellor). She lasted less than a year, being demoted by May on 11th June in the re-shuffle that followed the “mandate” election. Truss took over from Michael Gove, sacked for his […]
Who is Chris Grayling? Born on April Fools Day, Christopher Grayling MP (Conservative MP for Epsom) was the Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor from October 2012 to May 2015. He was the first non-lawyer to have served in that post. This blog reviews Grayling’s tenure in office as Lord Chancellor. Introduction and Overview Overview here (my TV […]
“…and was found suspended in his cell”.Those factually accurate, if rather mundane words, conclude the narrative verdict of a Jury enquiry into a suicide in Belmarsh prison of an 18 year old. Introduction On 13 November 2013 Imran Douglas took his own life in Belmarsh Prison. On 08 November he had been sentenced to life […]
There are two wonderful pieces of Green Space in Hillrise Ward, Islington, seperated by an ugly but underused road. There is a great opportunity to increase greenspace by closing a stretch of that road. The Green Spaces are Sunnyside Community Gardens and Elthorne Park, and the road is the short stretch of Sunnyside Road that […]
This first part of blog from 2014 is by Adam Foxsmith then aged 10 We all know that children’s play space is important in a crowded place like Islington. So when my brother Daniel,( aged 6, yr2) and I heard that the Council were planning on taking down the Archway slide, we felt we had […]
UPDATE:-My amendments to the Budget were unsuccessful, and the cuts to Children Services have gone through, with Labour Councillors voting instead to keep their press officers, support officers, and allowances (with the Lib Dems abstaining) Coverage in islington Tribune here November 2015-shock rise in crime in Islington reported. Original Post from 27 February:- At Islington Council’s Budget […]