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Ever wonder why most of the media provide wall-to-wall coverage of everything the far right does or says, while ignoring far bigger rallies and events and far more interesting discussions elsewhere on the political spectrum? There's no mystery. It's because they want the far right to triumph.

British.

The far right will, of course, treat the Paul Doyle case very differently from one where the accused is darker-skinned or foreign or both. The rest of us must not. That’s kind of the point.

My next guest.

ADHD diagnoses, the lawyers calling out Israel’s atrocities as genocide, and Honest Bob Jenrick: the London Underground vigilante. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

This morning is the best James O'Brien show I've ever listened to.

¡Firma la petición! ¡No a la megafábrica de celulosa de Altri en Galicia! bit.ly/3vUkVOa

Mr J O'B LBC today. I wonder why Sangitas figures fell, any idea?

When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are. inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I hope you are having a great break with your family. I am suffering withdrawal symptoms from your absence. 🙂

Elon #FirstLady told me today: “Daddy’s Home”.

Just managed to get this into the 60 second limit. Phew!

I guess Hegseth was sober that day

"5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary" Zeteo's Prem Thakker scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking. Read/share/subscribe:

£715m is far from the total cost of the Rwanda scheme The way these figures are calculated mean they are mainly "direct" costs and don't take account of other impacts. The Illegal Migration Act was passed to enact the Rwanda scheme and drove spending on asylum up by billions

Busted! (Soon changed my tune, though.)

I read through Pete Hegseth's books. He: –Wants a "Long War with Violent Islamism" & bigger Guantanamo –Fearmongers about Muslims winning elections –Complains of "legal issues" on torture –Calls women "distractions" –Says the US "is the world’s sheriff" "Anti-war" Trump's pick to lead the military:

Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption.. And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail Let's see. www.bbc.com/news/article...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social loved your joke about Rayleigh.

The soil carbon market is going to collapse - and that's a good thing. One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Prime Minister should make a statement, immediately, to confirm whether UK missiles have been fired into Russia. Full statement below.

Now sometimes these enquiries can be expedited. Sometimes cases are very straightforward (eg some of the early riot cases where the full offence was captured on video and guilt was immediately admitted). But the point is that unless you know what the evidence is, it’s hard to make an assessment.

What sort of further evidence? Well the full unedited CCTV for one. Footage from other sources (mobile phone recordings from witnesses, say). Witness statements. Interviews with suspects. Mobile phone reviews to establish fuller context (which can take months). All off the top of my head.

This means, rather obviously, that the CPS would not (or should not) charge or not charge somebody of a criminal offence based on, say, a selectively edited clip of CCTV. Other evidential enquiries would need to be undertaken. And if they haven’t been, the CPS will tell the police to do it.

Now. Key to all prosecution decisions is independence. All decisions are supposed to be based on an independent assessment of *all* of the available evidence. Not only evidence which supports a case against an accused, but the parts which don’t.

If both tests are met, you have a prosecution. The CPS remain under a continuing duty of review, and must always be applying these tests in light of new information.

If the evidential test is met, the CPS consider whether a prosecution is in the public interest. Usually it will be, but relevant considerations and factors which might indicate that the public interest does not require a prosecution are also set out in the Code. www.cps.gov.uk/publication/...

The first test (evidential): is there a realistic prospect of conviction based on all of the material (supporting and undermining)? It’s summarised in the screenshots below, but you can read the full “Code for Crown Prosecutors” here: www.cps.gov.uk/publication/...

Let’s start with the basics (because somebody needs to). Decisions to prosecute are made by the independent Crown Prosecution Service. The CPS is provided with a file of evidence from the police, and review it applying two main tests: (i) evidential, and (ii) public interest.

It's genuinely mad how many people can be persuaded to go to bat for the interests of the wealthy & powerful but if people turn out to protest for the oppressed our press & the usual meatheads crucify them. We have an unsustainable serf mentality in this country that we urgently need to get over.

"From pardoning Trump’s enemies to holding pre-confirmation hearings on his dangerous Cabinet picks, Biden and Senate Dems must move fast to protect democracy from the dictator-in-waiting." Important piece from @normornstein.bsky.social for Zeteo. Hope White House & Senate Democrats listen to him!

“Don’t bother. We’re waiting to die.” The world has failed the Palestinian people. Keir Starmer and David Lammy included. Thank you for trying @rohantalbot.bsky.social