In an age when the justice system often seems to let down victims by handing out lenient sentences for serious crimes, it has been encouraging to see the hard-line approach in many of the punishments given to those involved in last week’s rioting. David Cameron promised that tough measures would be available to the courts… Continue reading >

The events of the last week have led to police forces all over the country being stretched to their limit. And despite some of the criticism received, it has to be said that they’ve done an excellent job under the circumstances. Few would have predicted the scale of the rioting and violence witnessed on the… Continue reading >