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So the Government is putting women and girls “at the heart of our foreign policy” while simultaneously opposing a national statutory inquiry into grooming (ie rape) gangs in the UK. First rule of effective advocacy: consistency.

I’ve written to every Member of Parliament today. Proposals before Parliament would remove jury trials from offences carrying up to three years in prison. Freedoms rarely vanish overnight. They are chipped away in the name of efficiency. Juries did not cause the crisis in our courts. Removing them will not fix it. When the state seeks to take someone’s liberty for serious offences, the judgment of ordinary citizens should never be optional. This is close to becoming law. Please read the letter. Contact your MP now.