The decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to charge the Metropolitan Police Service under the Health and Safety at Work Act in the wake of the death of Jean Charles de Menezes is a mockery of justice – but for the reasons many pundits claim. In 2003 the then Met Commissioner John Stevens and his […]
Charging de Menezes Officers Would Be Wrong
BBC reports that the IPCC are to press for charges against the two firearms officers who shot Jean Charles de Menezes are pretty worrying. These officers were carrying out their duty of protecting London and Londoners against what they thought was a suicide bomber just days after dozens were killed and many more injured by […]
Bromley By-Election Results
It’s always disheartening to hear media commentators try to extrapolate national results from by-elections when anyone even remotely numerate knows this can’t be done. It’s even less accurate for the BBC to claim Bromley is now “a marginal” seat. Bob Neill deserves congratulations for his win in Bromley but many Tory activists will be disappointed […]
GMB v ASDA
I’ve been following with interest the spate between US owned ASDA and the GMB union, it’s an issue which has great potential for localised employment disputes to become wrapped up in national and international politics.
Extra Day to Pay Congestion Charge
From Monday 19 June, drivers entering the Congestion Charge Zone will have an extra day to pay the charge.