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3 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
3 episodes with Chris Grayling
2 episodes with Chris Grayling
Wave of Conservative MP Resignations To be fair, we knew this would be an issue for the Conservatives even before the election was announced. Prior to the election announcement, 66 Conservative MPs had already declared that they would stand down at the next election. Considering that the Conservatives held 344 seats before the election, this means roughly 20% of Conservative MPs are resigning at this election. Since the election was called, we have seen even more MPs announce their resignations. As of 9:00 AM on May 29th, the number has risen to 77. This group of 77 includes some very high-profile figures such as Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee; Chris Grayling, former Transport Secretary; George Eustice, former Environment Secretary; Michael Gove, Levelling Up Secretary and former Education Secretary; Matt Hancock, former Health Secretary; Sajid Javid, former Chancellor; and even Theresa May, former Prime Minister. In fact, of the 77 stepping down, 22 are either current or former Secretaries of State. Comparison of Resignation Numbers in Elections Indeed, the number of MPs resigning in this election is high. In 2019, only 32 Conservative MPs resigned, and in 2017, this number was just 12. However, this is not the highest number of resignations seen by an incumbent party during an election. Even back in 2010, 100 Labour MPs stepped down, although it's worth noting that MPs were embroiled in the expenses scandal at that time. The Conservatives' Challenge in Selecting Candidates With the election day approaching, the Conservatives now need to find candidates to replace these outgoing MPs. This is no small task. According to The Spectator, Labour is far ahead of the Conservatives in finalising their candidates. The deadline for this is Friday, June 7th, and as of Monday, the Conservatives still had 160 vacancies to fill. While this sounds like a daunting task, there are some signs that they might be able to meet this target. The Spectator points out that many of the remaining constituencies are unwinnable, with many of them located in Labour strongholds in inner London. As a result, few candidates typically apply for these seats. These seats should be relatively easy for the party to find candidates for and should not take them too long. However, the more challenging task lies in a handful of more attractive seats, those that appear more winnable, which have become available following the recent resignations of Tory MPs. Examples of such seats include Jo Churchill's Bury St Edmunds seat, Andrea Leadsom's South Northamptonshire seat, and Michael Gove's Surrey Heath seat. These constituencies have majorities of 24,999 votes, 27,761 votes, and 18,349 votes, respectively. The Conservatives will want to select their candidates much more carefully here as whoever they select stands a much greater chance of winning. Conclusion All in all, this is going to be a tricky task for the Conservatives, and whether they succeed is anyone's guess at this point. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yangfx/support
"Don't try and talk to the politicians - the truth is actually having good relations with... politicians will have very little impact on the actual decisions government takes," explains former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling on this week's Highways Voices.He joined an ITS UK meeting last week and was interviewed by Highways Voices host Paul Hutton, who recorded the chat for you to feature on this week's podcast.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!Mr Grayling was asked how to influence policy, and pointed out what ministers don't do: "Ministers have no involvement in procurement, they have little involvement in decisions about technology," he said. "A recommendation come from a civil servant to say we've evaluated these three things - we need this change the regulations in order to make that happen, do you agree? But that will come from the civil service, I will come from expert panels set up to look at individual issues. It may come from local authority pressure, it may come from outside bodies, like the RAC and the AA. Actually, the last people you want to be focusing all your time and effort on is politicians, because government doesn't work like that."In the conversation, Mr Grayling discusses his past before parliament, his experience in the role and key issues around smart motorways and road safety and public opinion, plus the "elephant in the room" - Road User Charging. He also explained how, when you're Secretary of State, you can expect to be blamed for things that are not your fault."I don't think we're going to wake up one morning and have a government white paper saying we're going to introduce a pay per mile on every stretch of road in the UK," he said. "What I do think is we're going to see more... paid for miles for lorries on motorways, for example, it may mean pay per mile in and around urban areas. I think that the Treasury is going to have a deep desire to introduce road user charging in order to offset the loss of revenue from electric vehicles, but I'm not convinced it's going to get its way anytime soon."You'll also hear the latest from our pages on Highways News, plus reaction to the Transport Technology Forum's conference, the latest from Live Labs 2, ITS UK's briefing for newly-elected politicians, and a new invention to be shown off at this year's LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival.
Gina Miller, described as an “establishment wrecking ball,” speaks to Alex Andreou about battling Brexit and her desire to “reboot” the system. After rising to prominence taking on the Government's authority to trigger Article 50 without a vote in Parliament, her fight has been taken to the stage in the play Bloody Difficult Women. She's gone on to launch the True & Fair political party, and is aiming to oust Chris Grayling from his Parliamentary seat. “Because everyone was talking about sovereignty, I thought people would be supportive of my case.” “If someone is abusing me and not what I'm saying – I've probably won.” “The whole system of government is not fit for purpose. And the main parties will not go as far as I think is needed to reboot it.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Alex Rees and Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Iain Dale talks to Chris Grayling about his life, politics and ministerial career and asks how the jibes of ‘failing Grayling' affect him.
As Britain approaches the horrific landmark of 100,000 COVID deaths, will lockdown hawks force the Government to reopen the economy too soon – again? Plus the worsening mess in customs, import and export. Best for Britain launches a campaign to get COVID support to the 3m workers that Sunak forgot. And it's bad news for hedgehogs as Chris Grayling takes up their case. Naomi Smith sets out the week ahead with Andrew Harrison. “The Covid Recovery Group is no more interested in our recovery from Covid than the European Research Group was in researching Europe.” “The best things in life are free, but for everything else there's ‘sovereignty'.”“People won't wake up until they have to pay customs via chip-and-pin at the doorstep.” “Rollback of workers' rights is a Brexiteers' wet dream.” Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith dole out some well meant advice to the new LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey, scratch their heads about Chris Grayling’s resignation, talk local government reorganisation (don’t worry, not for long) and Jacqui wonders how on earth Iain’s partner John has put up with him for 25 years. Smut quota: Low.
Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to eventually dissect why Dr Middup was right. What was he right about? You'll have to wait until near the very end of the episode as before we discuss *deep breath* Notts County, Huawei, YouTube, Tick Tock, how Will and Luke met each other, Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's legal difficulties, Arlene Foster's latest mistake, Fianna Fial running into difficulties already, Chris Grayling vs Julian Lewis and SNP lies about the UK Internal Market. After all that, and Luke Middup's victory lap, we answer a question TOO HOT for George Galloway.
Don't worry it'll be all over by Christmas, promised the Prime Minister. But he didn't say of which year. Still I'm sure the wars with Russia and China will pass the time. Going back to work, face masks, the constant shitness of Chris Grayling and a little Brexit Fallout because this week's show was released before the Russia Report and I have no idea what will be in it. Plus a selfish interview with Dr Oliver Double (@oliverdouble) where Tiernan asks him all about the existential threat facing the UK comedy circuit. Which is totally political. Uh huh. Definitely.OLLY'S EXPENSIVE NEW BOOK 'ALTERNATIVE COMEDY": https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alternative-comedy-9781350052819/PLEASE HELP TIERNAN SURVIVE ALL OF THE COMEDY BEING CANCELLED:Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/parpolbroGET THE LAST SKEPTIK'S LATEST TRACK HERE: https://backl.ink/NoGoodMessSIGN UP TO NEXT UP COMEDY AT: www.nextupcomedy.com/tiernanisgreatSign up to Tiernan's comedy mailing list here: https://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contact/SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN TO TIERNAN HOST THE NESTA FUTURE CURIOUS PODCAST HERE: https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-curious/HOW DOES THIS POLITICS THING WORK THEN? Website: politicsforkids.co.ukUSUAL PODCAST CLACK:Join Tiernan's comedy mailing list at www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contactFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and the fancy webpage at http://www.partlypoliticalbroadcast.co.ukMusic by The Last Skeptik (@thelastskeptik) - https://www.thelastskeptik.com/ - Subscribe to his podcast Thanks For Trying here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/partlypoliticalbroadcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode Danny Sutcliffe has an opinion on the UK government's latest guidance for wearing masks in English shops, Tom King struggles to babysit Chris Grayling and Allyson June Smith witnesses the tyrannical rise of an evil telecoms giant as she travels to a parallel world to report on the Huawei story.I See News is the new podcast from the creator of I See You, Facebook's weirdest satire page. Alternative facts are for wusses - we've got alternative dimensions to pull our news from.Original music by Eddie FrenchGraphic design by Chumchi.comWritten by Sam Gore Padanaya Blokov by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4190-padanaya-blokovLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/‘Spitfire Flypast' by https://freesound.org/people/mattew/‘Running, Snow, A’ by https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/ISeeYouStories)
Number 10 found itself at odds with its own MPs this week, as its plan to install former minister Chris Grayling as chair of the intelligence committee backfired. With serious questions also raised about the investigation into home secretary Priti Patel, what does it tell us about Downing Street's state of mind and that of prime minister Boris Johnson? Plus we discuss the long-trailed decision to phase out Huawei from the UK’s 5G phone networks and whether the country risks mobile blackouts. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Robert Shrimsley, Helen Warrell and Nic Fildes. Produced by Josh de la Mare and Breen Turner. Review clips: BBC Newsnight, Parliament See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian sit down to appraise Keir Starmer's first hundred days as Labour leader. Then, in You Ask Us, they cast their eye over the Chris Grayling debacle and what it says about the government's party management.If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers.Send us your You Ask Us questions at youaskus.co.uk.If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hold the front podcast page! The infamous Russia Report could well come out next week. What will it reveal? The Guardian's Russia correspondent LUKE HARDING, author of Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem And Russia's Remaking Of The West and first British journalist to be expelled from Russia since the end of the Cold War, joins Dorian Lynskey to look at what Putin really wants. How did Russia influence Brexit? Why did Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump's Russian collusion flop so badly? Whatever happened to the classy, erudite KGB of old? Oh, and the Secret Plot against Chris Grayling.“You have to ask, why have Johnson and Cummings burnt so much political capital on suppressing this report?”“Donald Trump is seen in Moscow as the greatest success in Russian espionage history.”“The message of Salisbury was, You may forget about us but we will never forget about you.” “Robert Mueller was like a boy scout going into Trump's gambling den.”“Russian interference in Brexit definitely happened – whether you believe it was determinant or not.”Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return to shine a light on another week in British politics.The pair discuss Chris Grayling's failure to win a rigged election, the Brexiteers refusing to wear masks, the government's latest advertising campaign and how Only Fools and Horses characters would have voted in the referendum.Richard talks to Fredo Rockwell about his long campaign to find out the favourite ice cream flavours of the great and good.And, of course, another Brexiteer of the Week is crowned.
Chris Grayling failed to win the chairmanship of the Intelligence and Security Committee on Wednesday evening. In his stead, Julian Lewis clinched the position, and No 10 withdrew the whip from Lewis. On the podcast, Cindy Yu talks to Katy Balls and James Forsyth about why this happened and whether it's better to rule by fear or love. Also on the episode: Shamima Begum and Patrick Vallance's comments on working from home. Subscribe to the Spectator's first podcast newsletter here (https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast-highlights) and get each week's podcast highlights in your inbox every Tuesday.
Chris Grayling, the legendary bumbling failure, has been outmanoeuvred by fellow Tory MP Julian Lewis for the prestigious position of chair of the Intelligence Committee. Grayling is Johnson's choice so the sausage is sad and upset! Meanwhile in Bristol a statue of a Black Lives Matter supporter, Jen Reid, has been placed on the plinth of the statue of Colston. *Swearing*
Dominic Grieve, Former Chair of the Intelligence & security committee joins Julia to discuss Tory MP Julian Lewis losing the Conservative whip after beating Chris Grayling to chair intelligence committee. Sir Ed Davey, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats strongly believes that Boris should commit to starting the independent coronavirus inquiry now. Julia is also joined by Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MP and Early Years Health Adviser on New review commissioned by the Prime Minister into improving health outcomes of babies and young children. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In a completely innocent and non-party political move, MP Julian Lewis has been kicked out of the Conservatives after beating Chris Grayling to become chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. The intelligence committee hasn't met for quite some time - but this morning it's reconvened, and guess what has been announced? WE'RE GETTING THE RUSSIA REPORT. Anyway that's happening Monday; today: we'll be delving into new plans to get Britain back to work. Are you ready? Are you steady? Let's commute! Also...............Mystery Hour This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio; to join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973
In a stunning turn of events, the government has failed to get Chris Grayling elected as chair of the all-important Intelligence and Security Committee. Mike Wood, Conservative MP for Dudley South, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Sebastian Salek and Roger Hearing that Julian Lewis should be allowed to stay in the role, but the Tories were right to expel him from the party. Plus, No 10 is sitting on another report, this one into bullying allegations against Priti Patel. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Therese Raphael joins to discuss.
Security and foreign affairs was thrust to the forefront this week as Boris Johnson U-turned on Huawei’s involvement in UK 5G infrastructure. The change in tone to China was quickly followed by a very British coup as Julian Lewis stole the chair of the intelligence and security committee from No.10’s favoured Chris Grayling and prepared to publish the long-awaited report on Russian interference. Dominic Raab then revealed that Russian actors tried to influence December’s general election. Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss Russia, China, why BAME people with coronavirus should not be stigmatised and Keir Starmer’s first 100 days as Labour leader. Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone (https://news.huffingtonpost.com/h/t/1925256938B41841) and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.
Prong 1 thinks about the future and 3Prong offer out an important referendum choice for their listeners. Prong 2 discusses the merits of Chris Grayling. Prong 1 has a rant when he thinks the Mic has been switched off about a rival podcast
Stuart and Eamonn are joined by Shona Craven (writer and columnist) to discuss the Johnny Depp trial, Chris Grayling's appointment as head of the Intelligence Committee and Donald Trump's recent commutation of Roger Stone. Stuart, Eamonn and Shona also share their personal media recommendations.Stuart: 'Freedom Is a Constant Struggle' by Angela Davis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330108-freedom-is-a-constant-struggleEamonn:Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80224905 'Stand Before your God' by Paul Watkins https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61000.Stand_Before_Your_GodShona: 'I Am an Island' by Tamsin Calidas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49569631-i-am-an-islandSupport the podcast and gain access to bonus content: www.patreon.com/talkmediaKeep up to date with the show on Twitter: @TBLTalkMediaFor more information about the podcast, visit: www.thebiglight.com/talkmedia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith review the latest developments in the Coronavirus crisis and the budget. Jacqui isn’t impressed by Chris Grayling’s new job and they discuss a very creepy photo of Iain. Smut quota: Low
Former Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling joins Christopher Hope in the Red Lion to discuss his plans beyond Brexit, why being a Leaver once meant you couldn’t be a Cabinet minister and the importance of a strong opposition.Also on the podcast are two Labour MPs hoping to rebuild that strong opposition: Rosie Duffield and Jon Trickett. Chopper asks them whom they’re backing as the next leader of their party and whether Jeremy Corbyn should apologise to Labour candidates who lost their seats following the 2019 Tory landslide.Plus The Telegraph's Political Correspondent, Amy Jones brings us the inside line from Westminster, and tells us of a recent psychic encounter.Get 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co/uk/chopper |Stay up to date with The Briefing on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2ReKdji | Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2RaxDkV | Spotify https://spoti.fi/2P2geIE | or ask your smart speaker for “The Telegraph Briefing”Email: choppersbrexitpodcast@telegraph.co.ukTwitter: @brexitbroadcast
Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North, Richard Holden, Conservative MP for North West Durham, former adviser to Gavin Williamson & Chris Grayling, Grace Blakeley, Research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research and author of 'Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation' and Andrew Pierce, Consultant Editor at the Daily Mail and LBC Presenter Friday nights from 6pm- 10pm.
In the latest episode of FFS, Another Brexit Podcast, Amanda and Jason interview one of Parliament's most high profile staffers - Tara O'Reily. As well as getting her thoughts on the People's Vote campaign and Labour's Brexit position, Jason and Amanda talk crowdfunders and feeling hopeful in a time of hopelessness. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week the lads talk Public Transport - a topic which gave Tucker the win on the swearing front. Giving up your seat, foreign safety and Chris Grayling - its all in there. Much to Letts' disgust, the review session of the week took a sharp turn towards having to actually do some exercise, as the guys inexplicably did the '30min POPSUGAR Fitness No-Equipment Cardio & HIIT Workout' For reference and megalols, here is the link: https://youtu.be/CBWQGb4LyAM
In this week's episode of Brexit: The Final Countdown we hail the return of the B-word, as MPs flock to Westminster ready to solve the exit question...Well not quite, instead we've got the 1922 Committee conspiring against May and the birth of two new political parties, Change UK and The Brexit Party as we hurtle towards the European elections. Host Rebecca Hutson is joined by Paul Baldwin and Thomas Hunt as we decide whether this is the end of two-party politics as we know it, and weigh up Chris Grayling for PM... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
In the style of Low Energy Jeb, Katy and Fran are back, and talking all kinds of fun and games: Trump signing Bibles, Paul Manafort, Brexit, Chris Grayling, Amber Rudd, and Karen Bradley. We also talk about Lent, how much Katy misses coffee, and how Fran loves a goat's cheese ball. Enjoy!
Episode 133 - It's a Chris Grayling Special! And basically that means that due to terrible organisation there is no interviewee guest, some awful editing, Tiernan (@tiernandouieb) has a sore throat and there are some Brexit Fallout ramblings and a look at the #SoldFromUnderYou investigation. Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/parpolbroWatch Tiernan's comedy specials on Next Up Comedy at: www.nextupcomedy.com/tiernanisgreatJoin Tiernan's comedy mailing list at www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contactFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and the fancy webpage at http://www.partlypoliticalbroadcast.co.ukMusic by The Last Skeptik (@thelastskeptik) - https://www.thelastskeptik.com/ - Subscribe to his podcast Thanks For Trying here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The transport secretary's critics call him “failing Grayling" - an unkind nickname, perhaps, but one made more likely to stick by his infamous decision to award a valuable contract to a Brexit ferry company with no ferries. He cancelled the contract this week amid much derision in Parliament. Presenter: Mark Coles Producer; Sally Abrahams
The HuffPost UK Politics team had a lunch time chat with MP Caroline Flint about how she thinks Parliament will vote for Theresa May's latest attempt to push the Brexit deal through. Meanwhile, Chris Grayling continues to confound expectations of competency and still remain in the cabinet. #Brexit #Theresa May #Caroline Flint #Conservatives #Labour #Britain #Chris Grayling
Once again, Theresa May kicks the can down the road, pleading with MPs to give her just a little more time. But time is running out. Maybe that’s the point. We round up the latest Brexit madness in the latest podcast.Despite all that, Labour still find time to indulge in another internal party war. We look at how Luciana Berger became the latest target, and how leaders again failed to respond properly.Plus the Conservative MP who can’t stop blocking moves to protect women and young girls, and we pause to consider the achievements of Chris Grayling, perhaps the least talented man to ever hold Cabinet office.Don’t forget you can get in touch via twitter.com/partygamespod and facebook.com/partygamespod - plus we’re at instagram.com/partygamespodAt partygamespodcast.com you can find all our past episodes, with handy links to subscribe through Apple Podcasts, Android or Spotify.
In his inaugural podcast, Leighton Smith interviews David Betz, Professor of the War in the Modern World from King's College, London.Professor Betz talks Brexit, the political undermining of democracy, and the frightening possibilities ahead.“The Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, warned that putting a stop to Britain's withdrawal from the EU may end the centuries of ‘moderate' politics that the UK has enjoyed since the English Civil War. Remainer politicians rounded on him, predictably accusing him of scaremongering and practising gutter politics.”For those even slightly interested in developments that would affect us all, this is a must-listen.Leighton also delivers his take on capital gains tax, and its inevitability under the present regime.The Tomorrow's Schools report gets an airing - the battle for our children's future is underway.And Leighton delivers a heartfelt message to those many listeners who have corresponded.Your ongoing comments will form a part of each podcast. Get in touch: Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nzListen here on iHeartRadio Listen here on iTunes
Matthew, Joe and Safya weight in on the “yellow vest” demonstration that took place in London last weekend. Brexit remains halted, as the recent vote in Parliament on Theresa May’s deal ended in historic failure, though May and her government survived by the skin of their teeth. May is meeting with party leaders to determine a plan going forward, but we favour a new referendum to include the people in the process of deciding on a Brexit deal. The team debates Chris Grayling’s inflammatory claim that failure to leave the EU would cause a surge for the far-right. Washington also faces a deadlock. Trump does not care to end America’s record-breaking government shutdown, as he hopes to save face with his online MAGA base to secure funding for his $5.7 billion border wall - a pricey symbol of white nationalism. Nancy Pelosi still has cards to play as she throws a wrench in his plans by withdrawing his invite to the House to deliver his State of the Union address. And still, Trump smiles over the fast food on silver platters for the college football champions, the Clemson Tigers, due to cutbacks made at the White House.
With the big vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal due on Tuesday and the government looking set for defeat, Sophy talks to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling about what comes next. Plus Rebecca Long-Bailey explains whether Labour will call a no confidence vote in the government if the deal is voted down.
Isabel Hardman brings you Sunday's interview highlights. Today's podcast features contributions from Jeremy Corbyn, Stephen Barclay, Chris Grayling and John Mann. Produced by Matthew Taylor.
What if you could never be fired from your job -- even if you crossed every possible line, to include threatening to sexually assault and then immolate your neighbour’s child during a row over drum practice? What if you were also insanely racist? In your published columns? Well then, you’d be Giles Coren, Britain’s worst food writer. This week, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Olga (@rocknrolga ) join Eater London writer Jonathan Nunn (@demarionunn) to discuss Giles’s reign of terror in the British food writing scene. We also discuss transport secretary Chris Grayling’s scheme to fund a ferry company with no boats -- and, crucially, an article from Ed Husain on ‘Britain regaining its confidence’ that seems to be written by artificial intelligence. Please bear in mind that your favourite moron lads have a Patreon now. You too can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture/overview *LIVE SHOW ALERT* We have an upcoming live show -- with comedian Josie Long -- in London on February 21st at the Star of Kings (126 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 0AX) starting at 7.30 pm. You can buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-ft-josie-long-tickets-54546538164 *COMEDY KLAXON* The previous Smoke event has sold out, but on January 31st at 8 pm, Milo will perform his own show at Smoke Comedy at the Sekforde (34 Sekforde Street London EC1R 0HA) with Russian comedian Yevgeniy Chebatkov. Tickets are free, but make sure to sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-comedy-presents-milo-edwards-wip-tickets-54529080949 Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously. Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front
It's been a challenging year on Britain's railways with timetable chaos, over-running engineering works, cancelled trains and irate passengers, not to mention a private operator handing back control to the government. The transport secretary, Chris Grayling has announced yet another review of the industry. Meanwhile, Labour and many of the public want to see rail re-nationalised. Rail professionals point to the industry's successes – a doubling in passenger numbers since privatisation, and a current strong safety record. But the government says the rail industry hasn't kept pace with customer demand. So is there another way? Matthew Gwyther goes to Italy to experience their take on free competition on their high speed lines. He also speaks to rail experts at home – all searching for answers. Presenter: Matthew Gwyther Producer: Caroline Bayley Editor: Penny Murphy Picture Credit: BBC
This is no time for making plans for 2050 - people are dying - today! It was while studying at Cambridge university that today’s guest Nat Rich realised quite what a state the world is in – and that if people knew some of the stuff she was finding out, they’d be horrified. The problem of carbon emission, and the high NOx levels which kill people, is global, and especially bad in London where it’s easy just to blame the cabs, or the buses, or the trains. We constantly break the EU’s limit for safe pollution levels. And it can only get worse. And government is tackling the issue by charging vehicles for their emissions – rather than trying to solve the problem at source! But the issue goes much further than that. We reply on all sorts of machines to keep the world running, and it’s not just cars or plans or lorries, but also the generators that run our hospitals. It was a few years back that while working within the water industry, Nat had come across a magnetic device that claimed to reduce carbon emissions when fitted an engine. And while she herself was sceptical, she decided to go with the flow – literally! - and to investigate the potential of the technology in case it really could deliver what it promised. And this is not a new technology – it’s been in operation for over twenty-five years. But it needed to make an impact on a global scale if this pollution was to be tackled once and for all. And as she started testing the technology, working with Sheffield Hallam University, Nat realised a number of things. Firstly, that Government moves very slowly on matters like this. There were recent press reports of councils being set a deadline of October 2019 to come up with plans for how they are going to tackle emissions in their borough. Almost a year – and that’s just to come up with plans, never mind putting them into action! And second, she realised that while there are expectations that within 30 years, electric vehicles will be the norm, it will take more than half that time to create the infrastructure to support this. And thirdly, she realised that creating a movement would be the most effective way to get people on board – rather than a corporate, or government – looking to harness people’s passion for a better and cleaner, more sustainable world. The device itself has been proven to work. While much depends on the type of vehicle, and how you drive, Sustainable Flow has had results of up to 90% reduction in carbon emissions, with 65% as the average across tests, and up to 63% in NOx. And it’s not only old vehicles where the problem is currently on the road – tests on a three-week-old Peugeot car showed NOx reduced by 46% - on what is a brand-new car! Academics and investors have told Nat that this is too good to be true, but here it is, actually proving them wrong; 20 scientific journals have articles explaining how it works, using magnetic principles – and this is old technology, just never before applied on a global scale. This technology can literally completely change the planet. The only catch is people need the ability to believe it will work. Howard Cox from Fair Fuel UK decided to take us to the houses of Parliament, to present to the APPG on carbon emissions. He has now written a report for Chris Grayling, the Transport Minister, to present to the Prime Minister as an effective solution that can be used immediately. Nat knows that charities can be very effective for some things, and this was one option for gaining attention and support. But she also realises it’s still possible for companies to make money while doing good for the world. So, as she grows this network, this movement, she wants to give people a financial interest as well as relying on their passion, to have the maximum impact. She is working on rolling out the movement across the four elements – she’s starting with Air, but especially when attracting media attention, she’s also looking at Fire, Earth and Water. There are many great products out there that can change the world for good - but which never see the light of day. These she wants to support in this movement she’s creating. And in an effort to get businesses and the public alike interested, she’s looking to raise the money to create the biggest splash – by tokenising. But that is in the future. At the moment you can register your interest and support on the website, you can pre-order your device for when it is available, and you can pre-register for the blockchain angle with your details. As Nat stresses, people are dying right now. Asthma levels are rising and there are ever more vehicles adding to the roads by the day. But the Sustainable Flow solution, proven to reduce emissions so dramatically, doesn’t need forward planning, or development, or regulating. It’s here, now, today.
This week, Laura, Cameron, Ali and Dan look at the key occurrences of the week; David Cameron’s comments on war, Michael Gove’s comments on the single market, and look forward onto the opening statements of Chris Grayling and Paul Lomas.
THE MARCH THEY CAN’T IGNORE: In the wake of the epic 700,000-strong People’s Vote March we ask where next for the campaign for a Final Say referendum? And Observer columnist and Alpha Centrist Dad NICK COHEN joins us to talk over the long game in the Tories’ endless fratricidal war, why the Referendum provoked “the greatest outbreak of political lying in a hundred years,” Chris Grayling’s new career as a ferrymaster, and why the Brexit jihadis will “burn down the house for the sake of their idea.Ingrid Oliver and Naomi Smith are your panelists while Dorian Lynskey is back from writing some book or other.“Whatever you find hard to imagine, IMAGINE IT.” – Nick CohenThis week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ingrid Oliver and Naomi Smith. Audio production: Sophie Black. Producer: Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the Patreon crowdfunding platform – plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan Support us at our Patreon page.REMAINIACS.comTheme music ‘Demon Is A Monster’ used by kind permission of Cornershop. Buy it here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
HuffPost UK Politics team take a swipe at the week in Westminster, which this week moved at a frenetic pace. There was ducking and diving, tantrums and ultimatums as Brexit once again took centre stage. David Davis continues to go lone wolf, while over at Labour HQ Keir Starmer desperately tries to bind the fence together for them all to sit on. Elsewhere in Westminster, Chris Grayling continues to baffle the laws of responsibility by calling an inquiry into his own failings while this week's quiz honours Jeremy Hunt as he becomes the longest-serving Health Secretary Britain has seen since the introduction of the NHS. #NHS #Brexit #Theresa May #David Davis #Keir Starmer #Trains #transport #Jeremy Corbyn #education #Jeremy Hunt
Heather Stewart is joined by Jill Rutter, Ryan Shorthouse and Gaby Hinsliff to discuss changes to the political landscape since the 2017 election; Jessica Elgot presents spinners' and MPs' memories of election night. Plus, Helen Pidd on Chris Grayling, a disastrous timetable change and who pays for rail chaos?. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
Matt Chorley is joined by Chris Smyth, Times health editor, to see whether Jeremy Hunt can solve social care, Graeme Paton, transport correspondent, on Chris Grayling hitting the buffers, and Rosemary Bennett, education editor, on whether Damian Hinds can win over whingeing teachers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
PEER PRESSURE: Newly-unbound superhero of remain Lord Andrew Adonis joins us in the Remainiacs Bunker to discuss how Brexit is infecting every aspect of government, the dirty tricks culture at No.10, and why Nigel Farage is the real Prime Minister. What’s it like to be targeted as a “weasel” for speaking as your conscience dictates? And is he the right man to lead the Remain bloc?Plus: the return of our own IAN DUNT, the trolling in the public interest of Chris Grayling… and welcome to the rebellion, Justine Greening MP? And a special WONK BONUS: Political writer PAUL EVANS give us his unusual recipe to fix the mess that Britain is in. Save democracy, abolish voting?“Nigel Farage can have my peerage if I can have his German passport” – Andrew AdonisHelp us to #OwnTheRemoan! Put your shoulder to the anti-Brexit wheel and get smart Remainiac merchandise at our Patron page – http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscastThis episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.http://www.REMAINIACS.comTheme music ‘Demon Is A Monster’ used by kind permission of Cornershop. Buy it here: http://po.st/RMcrnsp See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Theresa May had hoped to use this week's reshuffle to relaunch her faltering government.But the Prime Minister’s best plans quickly fell apart when she delivered one of the most disaster-strewn ministerial shake ups in recent memory.It started with Chris Grayling being named as Party Chairman for 27 seconds, saw Jeremy Hunt refuse to move jobs and ended with the resignation of Justine Greening.In the latest Ayes to the Left podcast, the Mirror’s Jason Beattie, Ben Glaze and Nicola Bartlett discuss why it went so wrong and what are the implications for May’s government.They also talk through the first PMQs of the New Year which saw Mrs May trip up again.The Mirror team discuss if we have reached “peak Corbyn” and why this year may not be plain sailing for the Labour leader.And they name the politicians to watch in 2018. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Isabel Hardman guides you through the best of Sunday's political stories in just 10 minutes, with interviews featuring John McDonnell, Chris Grayling, John Longworth, Nicky Morgan and Henry Bolton.
We first must share our prayers and good wishes to all those caught up in the tragic events in Las Vegas. Two days after Catalonia held a banned independence referendum, the region was operating at half speed on Tuesday due to a general strike called by small unions. The two large Spanish general workers’ unions, UGT and CC OO, have encouraged people to demonstrate in a “paro de país” (country stoppage) to protest the police violence on Sunday, but underscored that they are not participating in the call for a general strike. Europe has had a rocky ride with referendums in recent years: think of Greece’s anti-austerity vote in 2015, or the Brexit shock and Italy’s failed constitutional referendum in December 2016. As the UK found with the 2014 Scottish independence vote, even holding a referendum at all can be highly destabilising to the traditional political order and political party systems. Shouting slogans such as “¡Viva España!” and chants such as “I am Spanish,” around 10,000 people, according to figures from the central government delegation in Madrid, attended a demonstration at midday on Saturday in the Plaza de Cibeles, in the heart of the Spanish capital. Britain's biggest ever peacetime repatriation mission has been launched to rescue Monarch's 110,000 stranded passengers.The airline ceased trading on Tuesday, with all future flights cancelled and nearly 2,000 people left without jobs. Transport secretary Chris Grayling promised a mass effort will now be executed to bring holidaymakers home, at a cost of £60million. Theresa May must reverse the ‘hollowing out’ of the Armed Forces, a top general has warned. In a letter to the PM, Sir Richard Barrons said states had the capability to seriously threaten the UK. The UK's second blind judge wholly failed 'to meet the standards that are demanded by the office of a judge' according to a panel's ruling. Meanwhile, a British Asian lawyer, Nazir Afzal, who was widely praised for his role in tackling the Rochdale grooming scandal, has been barred from making the keynote speech at the Society of Asian Lawyers annual awards and ball in London on October 28.
We first must share our prayers and good wishes to all those caught up in the tragic events in Las Vegas. Two days after Catalonia held a banned independence referendum, the region was operating at half speed on Tuesday due to a general strike called by small unions. The two large Spanish general workers’ unions, UGT and CC OO, have encouraged people to demonstrate in a “paro de país” (country stoppage) to protest the police violence on Sunday, but underscored that they are not participating in the call for a general strike. Europe has had a rocky ride with referendums in recent years: think of Greece’s anti-austerity vote in 2015, or the Brexit shock and Italy’s failed constitutional referendum in December 2016. As the UK found with the 2014 Scottish independence vote, even holding a referendum at all can be highly destabilising to the traditional political order and political party systems. Shouting slogans such as “¡Viva España!” and chants such as “I am Spanish,” around 10,000 people, according to figures from the central government delegation in Madrid, attended a demonstration at midday on Saturday in the Plaza de Cibeles, in the heart of the Spanish capital. Britain's biggest ever peacetime repatriation mission has been launched to rescue Monarch's 110,000 stranded passengers.The airline ceased trading on Tuesday, with all future flights cancelled and nearly 2,000 people left without jobs. Transport secretary Chris Grayling promised a mass effort will now be executed to bring holidaymakers home, at a cost of £60million. Theresa May must reverse the ‘hollowing out’ of the Armed Forces, a top general has warned. In a letter to the PM, Sir Richard Barrons said states had the capability to seriously threaten the UK. The UK's second blind judge wholly failed 'to meet the standards that are demanded by the office of a judge' according to a panel's ruling. Meanwhile, a British Asian lawyer, Nazir Afzal, who was widely praised for his role in tackling the Rochdale grooming scandal, has been barred from making the keynote speech at the Society of Asian Lawyers annual awards and ball in London on October 28.
Following this year's transport summit, Frank McKenna from Downtown in Business revealed to Mick Coyle that Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, contacted him to arrange a meeting with business leaders to discuss issues facing the North.
#303 Flying cars and the end of diesel. Zog explains the Dutch PAL-V Liberty Sport and the Chinese EHANG 184. Is compression ignition on its way out? Sniff Petrol on a European misunderstanding. Plus new On Speed music as Punk Floyd perform Endless Road.
Helen and Stephen discuss why it has been a bad week for Theresa May, the unravelling of Trump's stated commitment to NATO and other foreign policy fails. Anoosh Chakelian tells of the apathy she found on the streets of Stoke, ahead of next week's by-election. And you ask us: how is Chris Grayling still a thing? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With no leadership campaign - during which the public might have got to know her better - Theresa May has entered Downing Street with a remarkably low profile. Mark Coles has been talking to people who know her well - including new Cabinet appointees Justine Greening and Chris Grayling - to try to find out who she really is, and what she believes in. Producer: Smita Patel and Laura Gray.
As the final week of campaigning heats up, the Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana and her cross-party panel offer passion and clarity as they ask whether the UK should remain part of the EU
Stephen Sackur talks to Chris Grayling, the Leader of the House of Commons in the UK and a senior figure in the campaign to leave the European Union. Any hopes that Britain's decision on whether to stay in or leave the EU would be calm, dispassionate and respectful have been well and truly dashed. In the run up to the referendum on 23 June, the the two camps are kicking lumps out of each other - and the fight is at its bloodiest inside the governing conservative party. Will this political war ultimately weaken Britain and Europe?(Photo: Leader of the House of Commons, Chris Grayling, speaks during a Vote Leave press conference on 31 May 2016. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)
Chris Grayling on why he is backing a vote for Britain to leave the EU #brexit #euroref #UKINEU
The Opinion podcast is now the Red Box Podcast from The Times. Columnist Robert Crampton, Media Editor Elizabeth Rigby and Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates joins host Matt Chorley. Robert Crampton: The Labour Party cannot achieve a coherent position on Trident while Jeremy Corbyn is leader. The moment he said he would never use the nuclear deterrent as a future PM was the moment Labour lost the next election. Party pragmatists should focus on toppling Corbyn, not cobbling together a futile compromise on Trident renewal. Elizabeth Rigby: Freedom of Information: Tony Blair [bitterly regretted] introducing FOI laws; Chris Grayling said FoI was being misused 'as a research tool to generate stories for the media' and now David Cameron is carrying out a review with one intention – to limit access to government information. Entirely antipathetic to voters' demands for more openness not less, the backlash has been swift, ferocious and near universal. Will Cameron abandon the fight? Probably and so he... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In GBA 218 we get better acquainted with Shaun Atwood. He talks about being "the Walter White of the Ecstasy market in Arizona", struggling to survive in maximum and medium security prisons, starting a blog from the inside jail, playing chess with the Mafia, racism within criminal justice systems, teaching creative writing to prisoners, the Prison Industrial Complex, prohibition, the War on Drugs and more. Shaun plugs: Trilogy of memoir books: Hard Time, Party Time, Prison Time Website: http://www.shaunattwood.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunattwood Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaun-Attwood/228166633865948 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/derickatt/featured Blog: Jon's Jail Journal: http://jonsjailjournal.blogspot.co.uk/ I plug: My preview on 23rd July: http://www.facebook.com/events/1598769017027875/ GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com HMP Thameside: http://www.hmpthameside.org/ To Kill A Mockingbird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird Hard Time: Wolf of Wall Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film) Scarface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film) Pulp Fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction Rambo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_(film_series) Breaking Bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad OJ Simpson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: http://www.leap.cc/ Schopenhauer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn Shawshank Redemption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream Johann Hari on Little Atoms: http://www.littleatoms.com/podcast/johann-hari-chasing-scream Orange is the New Black: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black Queen Victoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria Freud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud Fred West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West David Nutt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt The Bush Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family Corrections Corporation of America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America Three Strikes Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-strikes_law California Prison Guards Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Correctional_Peace_Officers_Association Broadcom: https://www.broadcom.com/ Chris Grayling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Grayling Kill the Messenger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film) Gary Webb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb Nancy Reagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan Just Say No: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Say_No Ronald Reagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan George Bush Sr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush Bill Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton Contras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
You can listen here!This week we scrabble around in the mud to bring you a frankly minimal offering of law. It may have been the silly season but the law has (at least in this country) remained aloof and above such matters.Sadly this show was recorded before the Lord Chancellor was defeated in the High Court by criminal solicitors using judicial review - a system Grayling would like to seee abolished - and now we can see why. He acted illegally. That didn't stop his press office tweeting (like a petulant child) that it wasn't a complete victory for them but they did get to keep the 8.75% cut. Not that that was the point of this particular action. He's like this government's Comical Ali.Nevertheless, the bulk of this week's show does deal with another announcement by Chris Grayling. He has been electioneering announcing what he's doing for complainants victims. So what's new? In our usual vein, this week Ben brings us a thoughtful report on the MoJ's recent publication. Regular listeners may think they know where this is going...If you would like to read the two papers, then they are below.The 2013 Code of PracticeThe 2014 pamphletPLEASE RATE/REVIEW US: wherever you subscribe, please take two seconds as we start this series, to give us some stars and a few kind words. We'd be e'er so obliged. It helps us get up the search rankings, ya see. If you use iTunes, please click here and it'll take just seconds!
The cake and bourbon show is upon us again. Our 72nd episode can be heard right here. In this week's show, we take a look at Sir Bill Jeffrey's review of independent criminal advocacy in England and Wales. It may be reopening an old front in the war between barristers and HCAs but the conclusions give considerable grounds for taking stock of the effects of all the reforms over the last 10 years. They also present a potentially chilling view of the future for anyone who fears change. Find the full report in the links below - along with the responses by the Bar Council and Law Society.The Land Registry might be next in terms of selling the family silver - at the very least, there are problems with the reform plans for the Keepers of the Plans.A pretty important costs case which confirms that the CPS and police cannot just blame each other to avoid costs orders and, more importantly, SNAFU is not a defence and neither is simple mistake. You're going to want to bookmark this one. The link is polite.We also take a quick scoot the rest of this week's legal news and a couple of other cases. Take a listen and find the links below.PLEASE RATE/REVIEW US: wherever you subscribe, please take two seconds as we come to the end of this series, to give us some stars and a few kind words. We'd be e'er so obliged. It helps us get up the search rankings, ya see.LINKS:The review of independent criminal advocacy in England and Wales by Sir Bill Jeffrey has been published.http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/about/jeffrey-review/jeffrey-review-criminal-advocacy.pdfBar Council response: http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-centre/news-and-press-releases/2014/may/bar-council-to-consider-jeffrey-report-into-criminal-advocacyLaw Society response: http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/press-releases/law-society-responds-to-jeffrey-report-on-criminal-advocacy/Land Registryhttp://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/legal-action-threat-over-land-registry-plan/5041123.articleR (ex. p. Singh v Ealing Mags and CPS)http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2014/1443.html4 in 10 lawyers suggest you look elsewhere for a career… but who was asked?http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/dont-choose-law-as-career-say-4-in-10-lawyers/5041120.article Biometric data and crime report case:http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/585.htmlPrison Governors’ Association say it’s getting to “tipping point” as Grayling carries on regardless.http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/05/07/prison-governors-grayling-s-regime-is-driving-us-to-tippingApple v Samsung - the results are in. Kinda:http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2014/05/05/248430.htmhttp://bgr.com/2014/04/23/2014-apple-vs-samsung-lawsuit-google/Johnny Foreigner to be denied legal aid by Lord Chancellor - but is he relying on nonsense figures? Never! (But even the press can’t decide if it’s £3m or £10m):http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10812723/No-more-legal-aid-for-foreigners-to-sue-MoD-says-Chris-Grayling.htmlOr a more balanced piece from the Daily Mail (!?!?)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2621672/War-crimes-lawyers-specialise-suing-serving-soliders-received-10MILLION-legal-aid-three-years.htmlAND FINALLY…A bit of fun: Personal Injury and the ambulance-chasers of yesteryear. Aviva’s archives of claims reveal that we were a compo-culture country long before the Yanks got involved!http://injuryclaimsnationwide.co.uk/article/history-of-injury-claim?src=tabThat’s a wrap for series 12
Probation staff are currently being told where they will be working under a radical reform of the service. The government is transferring the management of low and medium risk offenders to private companies and high risk cases will be handled by a national probation service. The Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, says the reforms are necessary to cut reoffending rates and save money which will be ploughed back into providing support to all prisoners who have served less than 12 months. But opponents claim the reforms are being rushed in and will put the public at risk. Last month, it was announced the plans have been delayed. They were due to come into effect in May but the start date has been put back until July. The new private providers will only be paid in full if they achieve a reduction in reoffending. The programme speaks to one of the companies bidding for the contracts which says payment by results will lead to innovation and visits a prison which says it is already achieving success in a pilot scheme working with prisoners serving under 12 months. But Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw also talks to probation staff about their fears for the future of partnership working and hears why some of them are threatening to quit the service. Producer: Paul Grant.
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