Cllr John Riley

@CrimeLineLaw @TheCriminalBar we must fight this,given the complete lack of trust in the regulator by most barristers. This is an unacceptable unwarranted increase.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB), the independent regulator of barristers in England and Wales, has requested a 12% increase in its annual budget for 2026–2027, citing rising operational costs and the need to strengthen regulatory oversight. The proposed budget rise, which would bring the BSB’s annual funding to approximately £29 million, is intended to support enhanced monitoring of professional standards, improve support for vulnerable clients, and expand resources for handling complaints and disciplinary cases. A significant portion of the increase would also go towards modernising IT systems and improving accessibility for barristers and the public. The BSB funds its operations through an annual fee levied on practising barristers, currently set at £292 per barrister. If approved, the fee would rise to around £327 — a move the BSB says is necessary to maintain robust regulation in a complex legal landscape. In a statement, the BSB emphasised its commitment to protecting the public and upholding the integrity of the Bar. “Our regulatory responsibilities continue to grow, and we must ensure we have the resources to act swiftly and effectively when standards fall short,” a spokesperson said. The proposal is subject to consultation and final approval by the Legal Services Board, the overarching regulator for legal services in England and Wales. Feedback from barristers and legal organisations will be considered before a final decision is made later this year. Critics have raised concerns about the financial pressure on self-employed barristers, many of whom are already facing economic challenges. However, the BSB maintains that a well-resourced regulator is essential to maintaining public trust in the justice system.

@Joanna__Hardy I think we may conclude that despite yours, @BarristerSecret , @TheCriminalBar @Kirsty_Brimelow mine and others posts on here and elsewhere; that DL, SKSKC, the AG, the SG r not and will not listen to us. When this debacle is over the Cimbar must reset significantly.

GOOD MORNING DAVID LAMMY Guess who’s back? Back again? It’s me. But. More pressingly. It’s 21% of courtrooms empty as 80,000 wait for trial & while you try to restrict jury trial for thousands. I’ve had enough of this. Shall we debate it? Name a broadcaster & format. I’m game.

@Joanna__Hardy Or possibly you are called on to bless the masses from a balcony?

Just doing a spot of online shopping and found the perfect jacket for when you have to solve a murder mystery in the morning, but have a beach BBQ at 5

@FarmingUK Dont let Colnoel Sanders see this, it'll be their new meal next week! A bucket of lamb!

This one is a poser for the camera! 😂 🐑 📷 Richard Brown

@joerichlaw @IainDale Waitrose and other stores must change policy, or spend more on proper security guards. This shop robbery epidemic has to be reversed with perpetrators being taught they can not get away with it...whoever they are.

The Gauleiters who now run Waitrose aren’t going to back down willingly now, @IainDale. An Employment Tribunal may ‘help’ them to reinstate him, but that will take money and legal expertise.

@PeterStefanovi2 And ot wont make a y difference. Labour are hampered by failed thinking and ignorance by their "leading" yeam.

🚨More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the government to drop its plan to restrict the right to trial by jury. 30 organisations representing victims of violence against women and girls have written to the Justice Secretary urging him against curtailing the right to jury trials. Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. The government has no mandate to restrict it - a move which will put us on a path toward authoritarian justice. But it’s not too late for the government to listen to the thousands of voices of victims, judges, barristers, other legal professionals and academics who oppose this blatant act of constitutional vandalism. CONTACT YOUR MP NOW and ask that they step up to protect this cherished and precious cornerstone of our democracy and essential safeguard against authoritarianism

Letter to CEO of Waitrose calling for their employee Walker Smith to be reinstated and given a bonus - after he was disgracefully sacked for tackling a shoplifter

@BellaWallerstei Spot on!

Anyone who terrorises our Jewish community should be deported. They have forfeited their to citizenship. British citizenship is a privilege, not a right!!

@ClarksonsFarm1 There is something deeply disturbing about this image!

Please stop sending us these 🤣🤣🤣

@NJ_Timothy @joerichlaw We need a national pride & action Bill 2 encourages, support, & strengthen Bitish values of "anti" anti ASB, intervention against public thieves & violent shop thieves, anti British hate marches, overt Islamist displays, dress or religious etc....to reset the harm being done.

This cannot be right. Those who uphold the law as they do their job should be protected. We are working on a change in the law to give good citizens like Walker Smith unambiguous protection. theguardian.com/business/2026/…

@benonwine @sharrond62 If this is true, it gives out compketely the wrong message. Far more people must get involved, there should be great encouragement to get involved and support thereafter. Why let these low life's get away with dishonesty?

SACKED after 17 years… for stopping a thief. A Waitrose worker in Clapham Junction has lost his job after intervening to stop someone stealing Easter eggs. Walker Smith, 54, had given 17 years of service only to be shown the door for trying to do the right thing. No warning. No loyalty. Just gone. What message does that send to staff and to every other would be shoplifter wanting an easy target. Do your job… but don’t actually protect the business. Waitrose have ABSOLUTELY no loyalty to their staff they are quite happy to dispense of Loyal partners like yesterdays rubbish.

@mishtal @BobBlackman And the pathetic BBC went out of their way to say "3 Bitish mem" disgraceful just disgraceful. These r not British men at all. I knew when the broadcaster said it, it was a soft liberal "scam."

Breaking: Three charged over antisemitic ambulance arson. Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old dual British and Pakistani national.. all from East London, travelled to North London to carry out the attack. Now call it what it is - an Islamic terrorist attack.

@ruisliplocal @DSimmonds_RNP @waitrose @Hillingdon @Hillingdonhead1 Ian has been a great manager and excelkant staff member of the Waitrose "family". He has been a great credit to the store and the company, leaving our beloved store in the best shape with a new manager. Wishing Ian an exciting retirement.

Just caught the Waitrose #Ruislip Branch Manager Ian Everett, as he is cheered on his way out by the team for the last time, after 40 years as a partner, having effected an excellent refurbishment of the store @waitrose @Hillingdon @DSimmonds_RNP @Hillingdonhead1

@BellaWallerstei Back at you. Xx

Wishing all my Jewish friends and followers a Happy Passover. Chag Pesach Sameach x

@MAMBarLife Blooming "nora", how blistering clever r you! . Our lived experience in CJS is "better" than Sir Brian's, cos he asked us. Our knowledge of "hicups" is more granular than his. Lammys reforms r not thought through, 2 many consequences. You misunderstand Kernow justice! Jigger!

Ps hope Mr Noakes my A level economics teacher is happy I can remember some of it 😬

When Sarah Sackman asked a question she thought was a killer in the select committee, it exposed something about top down reforms. She essentially asked the chair of @TheCriminalBar if we knew Crown courts better than Sir Brian Levenson (& his report). We do. With respect. 1/?

@Joanna__Hardy @MAMBarLife Its almost as if "they" wanted to make our lives harder? Also today a big document id uploaded to DCS presented itself as one page an chopped off all the rest!

@MAMBarLife Also. Remember when there was a computer in each court and it showed who prosecuted and who defended each case. At a quick glance. Not scouring six sidebars. Just there. Easy. Quick. And then they got rid of it.

That is the IT workhorse of running trials. It’s called the Crown Court Digital System and holds case papers. NOT the Common Platform which is largely to practitioners in the Crown Court a huge white elephant that cost the taxpayers millions…

Dear @MetPoliceUK, Below is a video of Zarah Sultana MP, inciting violence against British citizens at a rally in London. “We are the majority. We will defeat them… we will fight them in the streets.” Zarah must be investigated for the following criminal acts: >S.4 Public Order Act 1986 (provocation of violence) >SS.44-46 Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) >S.1 Terrorism Act 2006 (publishing (or causing publication of) a statement, either intending encouragement or inducement or being reckless as to whether it will have that effect — for political or ideological purposes) I look forward to your investigation of Ms Sultana any criminal charges that may arise from her despicable conduct. This is a clear incitement of violence, for political and ideological purposes, against an immeasurable number of innocent British citizens. She is unfit for Parliament, and unfit for public office. Her hateful, dangerous, and wilfully divisive language as demonstrated below proves just that. Sincerely, The British Public

@Heccles94 @robinthemint @BBCNews A bitterly disgraceful sight. A march of hatred, socialising, anti semitisim and anti Britishness. Driving many decent folk into the arms of reform.

Hey @BBCNews - you seem not to have noticed the 500,000 people marching through London against the far-right, so I’m just making you aware, cheers then.

@Councillorsuzie The Govt needs to begin the process of prescribing the Green Party as racist anti semitic a ti British, terror supporting communists.

My goodness this is horrific. I keep saying it, the Green Party is dangerous. Never before have I been so concerned about the future of Britain and its women and its Jewish community.