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The Sentencing Council's guidelines on pre-sentencing reports have been derided as 'two-tier' guidance despite an extensive consultation process.
But, Shabana Mahmoud now says she will 'legislate if necessary' to stop such a change, by which she means if she doesn't get what she wants she'll change the law.
So much for the 'independence' of the Judiciary, then... although such political actions are hardly unprecedented!
#RuleOfLaw #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/28/sentencing-council-england-wales-rejects-calls-review-two-tier-justice-rules
@ChrisMayLA6 …why it’s such a relief that the PM is a former human rights lawyer and DPP who clearly has a thorough grounding in the constitutional importance of the independence of the judiciary…
Oh 
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
Reminds me of plotlines from Judge John Deed* and The Thick Of It.
It is impossible to satirise politics anymore.
*I think the Fash (Bliarite) politician said something like "a fixed sentence for every offence".
yes political satire is a lot harder than it used to be.... things exaggerated for coming effect one day, turn to policy the next