Ian Betteridge on Nostr: After the Colston Four case, the government went into full-on "something must be ...
After the Colston Four case, the government went into full-on "something must be done" mode, so it's perhaps unsurprising that the solicitor general – a Tory MP and political appointee – should personally decide to prosecute someone making a public statement advising a jury of their rights. Tories do not believe in the rights of juries – and definitely not in free speech.
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