Source: spiked
by Tom Slater
“Getting rid of jury trials. Slapping us all with a digital ID. Presiding over a carnival of speech arrests. I’m starting to think the Guardianistas are right – that our current crop of politicians are indeed sending us down the slippery slope towards authoritarianism. Only it isn’t the ‘populists’ or the ‘right-wingers’ sluicing the flume, but their beloved bloody Labour Party. I don’t know what’s worse about justice secretary David Lammy’s jury ‘reforms’ – that they will further curtail trial by jury, a right that stems from Magna Carta, or his spreadsheet-driven justifications for doing so. Forget about 1215 and Runnymede, we need to maybe trim the court backlog a bit. Our ancient liberties mean nothing to the technocrat with a target to hit.” (12/02/25)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/12/02/lammys-war-on-juries-reveals-labours-authoritarian-heart/