Legal aid wasn’t charity. It was the key to the courtroom door. They took away the key, then wondered why justice became a luxury. Bring back legal aid. Since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force in 2013, large areas of law were removed from the scope ofContinue reading “LEGAL AID, BRING IT BACK”
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This Mess Isn’t Ours!
It isn’t poor people causing the world’s problems.The world’s mess wasn’t built by people scraping by for rent and a food shop. The real damage comes from decisions made far above the pay‑grade of anyone queueing at Aldi. Systems, laws, markets, wars, tax structures — none of that is designed by someone juggling the gasContinue reading “This Mess Isn’t Ours!”
Government Wants To Restrict Parking
The Government is set to impose sweeping restrictions on parking spaces in a bid to facilitate ‘sustainable transport’, new plans have revealed. The Prime Minister is considering the measures, which would oblige councils to set a cap on the number of spaces on new housing developments, according to documents obtained by the Daily Mail. TheContinue reading “Government Wants To Restrict Parking”
Donald Sutherland Has Died
Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88. Sutherland’s representative, Creative Artists Agency, released a statement on Thursday confirming his death in Miami following a protracted illness. Kiefer Sutherland said on X thatContinue reading “Donald Sutherland Has Died”
