Rob Rinder

'I'm asking you about ships and you're answering me about planes,' says @RobbieRinder. He questions @JohnHealey_MP after it took HMS Dragon three weeks to arrive near Cyprus after leaving Portsmouth.

'Behind every prescription is a professional that faces intimidation, fear, anger and violence,' says Pharmacy Owner Ashley Cohen. Pharmacy staff are facing “escalating abuse” from patients while at work, with reports of racism and violence, according to a new survey.

What are the risks of taking steroids? ITV's Tonight programme has uncovered a major rise in the use of steroids and performance enhancing drugs in the UK. The boom is driven, in part, by gym culture and social media.

Rob Rinder asks the defence secretary about Israeli claims that Iran has missiles that can reach Britain. Healey says the govt has no assessment of that. So Rinder asks, is Israel lying, exaggerating or wrong?

"I don't blame jury trials at all." That's the verdict of Sir Brian Leveson - Chair of the Independent Review of Courts - when I asked why trials are taking so long. So why is David Lammy and the Government scrapping jury trials for so many?

@Barrister7 Proud of you my Friend

WHAT a day.

tremendous news

BREAKING: “We will replace the ambulances that were destroyed in the horrendous attack.. the NHS will pay for the permanent replacements that are going to be needed. That is the right thing to do.. This is an attack on all of us who hold the fundamental British values of tolerance and respect” says Prime minister Keir Starmer

Wondering if the hearts of those frustrated by small acts of petty symbolism, by the feeling that smashed windows and graffiti on bakeries are simply not enough, are cheered by the upgrade to burning ambulances this morning.

@EdwardPacey Morning Edward, do come to my next lecture and see for yourself. Peace and kindness be with you my friend.

@RobbieRinder You know this is not true.

I recently asked Jewish students at a leading UK university if they saw a future for themselves here. Not one said yes. Today Hatzolah ambulances, whose sole purpose is to save life - ANY life - are burned in London. A country where Jews no longer feel they have a future is already in crisis.

Hatzola NW - Charity Extra charityextra.com/hatzola-emerge…

Explaining to the kids over breakfast that four Jewish ambulances were blown up last night in Golders Green, so you know, be extra vigilant on the way to school today.

Under the government's proposals, not one of the 900 wrongly convicted subpostmasters would have had a right to trial by jury. The Prime Minister himself concluded in a report that the scrapping of jury trials led to miscarriages of justice in Northern Ireland in the 1990s. The right to trial by jury must be protected. #JusticeNeedsJuries

Haleh Blake: A vessel for the voices of Iranians cherwell.org/2026/02/21/hal…

“While addressing racial bias is a necessity, the government’s proposal to reduce jury trials is not the answer.” Balit Banga, CEO, Hibiscus, one of over 30 signatories. You can read her and other signatories comments below in the links. Some of that comment is here “To make meaningful progress, we must take an approach that fully considers the realities of women’s lives. Only by engaging with their lived experiences can we challenge the assumption that our system is impartial. When women at the margins face discrimination, it undermines justice for everyone. Access to justice cannot be reduced to a single issue. It is deeply interconnected with violence, discrimination, and inequality. Hibiscus is committed to championing reforms that improve access to justice for all women. We firmly believe that retaining jury trials as a cornerstone of our justice system is essential. While addressing racial bias is a necessity, the government’s proposal to reduce jury trials is not the answer. We stand for reforms that make our justice system more inclusive and equitable for every woman. It is important that government listen to women, centre women’s experiences in discussion on reforms and build a justice system that serves women who have been subjected to violence and harm.” @Keir_Starmer, @DavidLammy, @sarahsackman, we trust you listen before rushing through proposals. rightsofwomen.org.uk/vawg-sector-le…

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Jewish memory carries a long familiarity with how civic safeguards begin to thin. Rarely dramatically; a practical reform here, a sensible efficiency there. Something temporary. Something administrative. Something that seems perfectly reasonable at the time. Until slowly, almost invisibly, the distance between citizen and state begins to shrink. Constitutional safeguards don’t exsist for the governments we trust. They exist for the day power falls into the hands of someone we do not.

Removing jury trials risks rights Jews know from history can slip - The Jewish Chronicle - The Jewish Chronicle thejc.com/opinion/removi…