A.Stringer<p>&quot;And now, while the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/criminaljusticesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminaljusticesystem</span></a> is in flames – record, growing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/courtbacklogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>courtbacklogs</span></a>; record delays; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trials" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trials</span></a> unable to go ahead for a lack of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>judges</span></a> and £barristers; crumbling <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/courtbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>courtbuildings</span></a>; overflowing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prisons</span></a>; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chronicunderstaffing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chronicunderstaffing</span></a> – the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LordChancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LordChancellor</span></a> has backed herself into a pointless, idiotic fight in which she may ultimately be forced to dismantle the one part of the system which was quietly and effectively getting on with its job.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sentencingcouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sentencingcouncil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04/02/we-need-to-talk-about-the-sentencing-council/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/02/we-need-to-talk-about-the-sentencing-council/</span></a></p>