Stuart Frazer

@davidyelland I don’t see any relevance or elements of balance with the Daily Mail, Express. Even the Telegraph is a rag paper now. All losing relevance each day as the circulation falls.

The Mail has been kept right out of power here, yet it reacts with elements of balance. Told you. Keep watching.

@graeme_cobb It takes 66 days to break a habit.

I feel terrible - 24 hours in to quitting sugar and I’m having withdrawal symptoms. I feel like death warned up. I’m off to bed.

@CliveWismayer I had big hopes of Starmer, but he was mostly a rudderless ship performing U-Turns. I expect he has many regrets on his own judgements.

@StuartFrazer We can dream I guess.

Changing PMs is just shifting deckchairs on the Costa Concordia. The idea the great hulk of the UK gets turned around by another wannabe with a lectern is for the birds.

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler Agree that Charlie Taylor is outstanding and fiercely honest. But inspections aren't infrequent. His team published 84 inspection reports just this past year. Media isn't shut out either - Taylor publicly releases every report precisely to force the MoJ into accountability.

@StuartFrazer @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler Charlie Taylor HMPI who is retiring is an astute, honest dedicated Prison Inspector who's reports are simply be ignored by the MoJ with zero accountability. The Media are kept our of prisons & the inspections are very infrequent. Politicians are indifferent to prison conditions.

Prisons minister Lord Timpson quits government bbc.in/4fKcR6t

@wuds100 Nobody did more for Newcastle United in my lifetime than Kevin Keegan.

RIP Kevin Keegan The best there was and most important individual in the history of NUFC.

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler Your right on the quote, but report explicitly states these failures have been compounding 'over the past decade' under previous ministers. The watchdog merger isn't to avoid scrutiny; it’s to combine resources into a single, more powerful inspectorate that the MoJ can't ignore.

@StuartFrazer @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler IMB annual report- "A system stuck in decline: failures pile up, reality falls short of rhetoric, and meaningful change remains elusive"publised 10/6/26. Timpson proposed to merge the IMB with the Prison Inspectorate to avoid proper independent scrutiny

@jasoneccles @JamesTCobbler I agree that chronic offenders must face real consequences to protect the public. The issue is that short prison terms have a 50%+ reoffending rate. Unless we forcefully rehabilitate them while they are locked up, we’re just delaying the next crime at massive taxpayer expense.

@StuartFrazer @JamesTCobbler This guidance seems ok for a first offender, but once someone has repeatedly offended, they should lose their freedoms until such time as they value them again.

I’ve retired today as Minsiter of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, and am returning to run my family business. Thanks so much to everyone I’ve worked with over the last two years, and thanks to my family for their amazing support while I served.

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler This actually proves my point. 2,500 officers out of ~23,000 total UK guards is roughly 10%, completely destroying your 80% claim. That article was about losing existing, fully vetted staff due to new visa salary rules, not an influx of unvetted workers.

@StuartFrazer @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler 27 Oct 2025 — Prisons are so reliant on west African officers that they could be “very hard” to run after a visa crackdown, the watchdog has said. Telegraph. Charlie Taylor estimated 2500 officers were impacted

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler In his final Annual Report just released this July, Taylor explicitly noted that the new sentencing alterations have finally begun to ease the population crisis & created 'much-needed space' to start fixing these deep-rooted problems. The two men were working towards same goal!

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler Timpson wasn't brought in to ignore Taylor; he was brought in because of Taylor's reports to fix the inherited disaster.

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler 80% of online applicants were from overseas, but official MoJ data shows UK nationals made up over 75% of actual hires. All recruits face mandatory, rigorous Home Office & MoJ vetting. The weekend lockdowns are caused by the staffing crisis Timpson inherited & worked to fix.

@StuartFrazer @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler The weekend lockdowns extend to Fridays- thats 3 days a week the prisoners are locked up in their tiny cells. 80% of new recruits are unvetted recruited from West Africa

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler The weekend lockdowns are a tragic symptom of the staffing crisis he inherited, which is exactly why he focused heavily on reducing officer burnout.

@HistoricRecord @BBCNews @JamesTCobbler There is zero record of Timpson withholding a teen’s location from their family; legal notification to guardians is mandatory. He didn't ignore inspectors either - he actually hired the former Chief Inspector to run the MoJ’s capacity review.

@HistoricRecord @JamesTCobbler Facts: 80% of applicants were overseas, but actual hires from West Africa are ~12%. All pass exact same strict UK vetting/training. Timpson inherited a collapsing system in 2024 but stabilised it by 2026, improving safety in 75% of prisons & launching the Women’s Justice Board.

@StuartFrazer @JamesTCobbler Can you identify the improvements you say he has made ? If prisoners are locked up 24/7 in overcrowded cells that does not help them. If 80% of all new prison guards are recruited from West Africa so they are unvetted with zero qualifications that does not improve the system

@JamesTCobbler You were a fantastic appointment by Starmer. I’m disappointed you are leaving, but thank you for your service. We need more business leaders like you in these roles.

@MrsS_P_B @JamesTCobbler Read his letter.

@JamesTCobbler What did you achieve?

@HistoricRecord @JamesTCobbler Yes, more work is needed. But James was never going to fix all the issues in 2 years. Improvements have been made under his leadership in those 2 years.

@JamesTCobbler Our broken inhumane prison system needs someone who will actually address its shortcomings & not avoid scrutiny in the House of Lords & ignore Prison Inspectorate reports which confirm that 59 Prisons are of concern/extreme concern. Lord Frost stated HMPPS is not fit for purpose