[News] Mike Amesbury MP - Rocky VIII: Backbench Brawler

[WATFORD zero]

Sorry, this doesn’t make any sense.

The Home Secretary, acting under their authority given by their appointment to the cabinet by the PM, is able to intervene in the administration of justice. They can intervene on the grounds of the administration of criminal justice, national security issues, deportation and immigration cases and cases in the “public interest”.

The eagle-eyed among us may have noticed the above clauses cover just about every single circumstance.

There have been cases in the past when the Home Secretary has personally intervened in the courts, and it will happen again, I’m not saying it has happened in this case, but I’m pointing out that politicians absolutely have and can alter the administration of justice.

Obviously it hasn't happened in this case as it's the exact opposite of what Starmer would want, but maybe you give an example of a case where a PM has intervened and changed the sentence. Thanks

 

[jcdenton08]

Obviously it hasn't happened in this case as it's the exact opposite of what Starmer would want, but maybe you give an example of a case where a PM has intervened and changed the sentence. Thanks

Tony Blair and the Serious Fraud Office.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Tony Blair and the Serious Fraud Office.

If that's the one with BAE and Saudi, wasn't that an investigation by the serious fraud office that was halted ?

IIRC it got nowhere near court and I certainly don't remember the judiciary being overridden