The US is getting ever closer to civil war. This is the Sheriff in Minnesota yesterday: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/philadelphia-sheriff-rips-ice-as-fake-law-enforcement-after-minnesota-shootin… (View Post)

I think its fair to examine how the money is being spent. So, for example, a HC jury trial will normally cost around £15k a day. And that, of course, is the direct cost to the state. The cost of the … (View Post)

Summary trials in the sheriff court in Scotland normally carry a maximum sentence of 2 years (breaches of bail or multiple complaints can complicate this a bit). Sheriff and jury trials normally carr… (View Post)

Because the point of speed traps is not to catch people speeding. It is to change behaviour that might otherwise create a hazard around a particular thing, such as a school or a difficult junction. M… (View Post)

I think some of the tokens of democracy will remain in some form but it has become a kleptocracy similar to that of Russia and, like Russia, is now seeking the aggregation of the right to kill people… (View Post)