Matthew

Sometime tutor in Law.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@chrissieA2 @TonyDowson5 Which, at the current stage of its construction, looks like an unpleasant 1970s prison.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@TonyDowson5 Put my foot through a hole in the ground in the Rolls Building today. Keep saying to me leader every time we spot a defect in the building "thats what Business and Property Division means to me"

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@TonyDowson5 Risk of prejudicing any future prosecution? Should have simply not said anything in that case.

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

The irony of Burnham's bollocks about Right to Buy and council housing is that the secret of Manchester's housing success was literally the exact opposite - prioritising maximum private building over number of subsidised units. Here's (Labour) council leader Richard Leese.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@alisdairrmsmith If, as the police say, it appeared he was fine when they arrested and restrained him, or there was an honest and reasonable basis to believe restraint was necessary, then that is that.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

Given, if there was reason to think Novak was wounded, there is a credible case of misconduct in public office (R v Dytham) it is vital that the bodycam footage is released.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@alisdairrmsmith That is a decision we can make when we have seen the evidence, including whether or not it was obvious that the victim was wounded. MiPO clearly does apply to a PC failing to reasonably aid someone in danger, as Dytham shows.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@sergeantdixie @TonyDowson5 If no criminal action is being taken against the officers then the evidence should be subject to public scrutiny. Now if the officers didn’t know or suspect he was wounded, then the offence would not be made out, I agree.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

Handcuffing him in itself is a questionable call - they are not supposed to be used as a matter of course, but only if the circumstances require it.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

(Bushell's case does not stand for the proposition that the plaque in the Old Bailey says it does, of course)

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

Hill's position is incoherent. Either you believe in allowing jury equity or you don't. Saying its only for exceptional cases is the same vice as judges saying that a particular remedy is "rare". That isn't how the law works, and can't be kept to.

https://t.co/ZxYZRxBj5j

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

Bushell's case, as now interpreted, may have had some place in a society with significantly less democratic legitimacy than ours. It has no place today.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@AlbertRSalter If we hadn't had the triple lock for 15 years, the increase in disability spending wouldn't be troubling anyone! The reverse isn't true.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

Torsten, whom I respect a great deal, knows full well that taxes are up because of one very particular sort of welfare - for pensioners. If we didn't have a triple lock, we would have a lower welfare bill and lower borrowing costs.

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

It’s okay for the Tories/Times/Telegraph to pretend that taxes are up “because of welfare”. That’s politics. But if you care about policy you need to understand that is a long way from the truth - and wrestle with the consequences

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@AlbertRSalter Of course it isn't the only one, but 45bn is somewhat more than 25bn (not to mention the costs on the NHS).

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

He's in the gov and therefore has to toe the lines that it has been forced into by its profligate backbenchers - i.e. that cutting any spending at all on the wealthiest demographic is wrong and we should continue to borrow to shovel money their way. But he knows the problem.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

He also knows full well that our increased cost of borrowing (one of, if not the highest costs in the OECD) is because the gov cannot control spending. Borrowing costs aren't just a force wholly outside of government control as is being presented, they reflect perceived risk.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@twigletsahoy But yes, it isn't the fault of an individual judge - he or she can only apply the very complicated rules as written, regardless of whether their colleagues are in a position to do more.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

I hope the government has a plan for if these go to the CA and are held not to be unduly leniant. Having not had the benefit of the sentencing remarks its hard to know, but I suspect it may expose quite how hard it is to send a child to prison.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Sentences for three teenage boys who were spared jail over rape of two schoolgirls will go to Court of Appeal https://t.co/2zmvjsULRq

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@twigletsahoy The spat betwee William Davis LJ and Shabana Mamhood last year suggests that at least some members of the judiciary do strongly support the approach the SC takes to these things.

[Matthew @MWHoyle19]

@FaringForwards Agreed - I just don't want people to think its a foregone conclusion the sentence will be increased!