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ASK. ONE. QUESTION. AT. A. TIME. JOURNALISTS. IF. YOU. DON’T. KNOW. HOW. TO. DO. THIS. I. CAN. TEACH. YOU. “Prime Minister - Keir Starmer was right, wasn’t he?”Keep your question

We have more information now about the case of #ClaireParry, following news reports of the judge’s sentencing remarks. And it is complicated, more so than I had appreciated when I

There are many words, none of them Parliamentary, that could properly be used to describe @pritipatel for this.https://twitter.com/crimelinelaw/status/1320272789039927296 It is a criminal offence to do an act capable of encouraging

That’s not the conclusion.You’ve taken a report showing that justice spending in England & Wales has *decreased* and is *below* the European average, and you’ve isolated legal aid & compared

At the risk of giving this kind of #FakeLaw the publicity it craves, the reality is that thousands will read it, and I do think it’s important to put the

Andrew tells lies about legal aid.Andrew tells lies about immigration.Andrew tells lies about lawyers.Andrew incites hatred towards lawyers.Andrew is verging close to inciting violence towards lawyers.Andrew needs to be careful.#FakeLaw

More #FakeLaw from @pritipatel’s fundamentally dishonest Home Office.“Convicted foreign criminals” have absolutely *NOTHING* to do with the asylum system.The @ukhomeoffice is spreading false information and should immediately issue a

Tonight I shall be hamstringing the criminal justice system by working late on a serious case involving allegations of domestic violence. The file from the police is a shambles, but

I want to tell you about a criminal case I’ve been contacted about.It’s not pleasant, but in light of @BorisJohnson’s comments yesterday, I think it’s important.It’s not one of my

Because the evidence is that @BorisJohnson doesn’t care about victims of sexual violence. Or victims of any crime. Or people accused of crime. Or witnesses. Or the public whose safety

In 2018 I published a book on how politicians have broken our criminal justice system.In 2020 I published a book on how politicians lie to us about the law.Still didn’t

Gutter journalism. #FakeLaw by The Sun and The Mail.A truly vile exploitation of a grieving widow to make dishonest and intellectually void attacks on legal aid and the rule of