Simon Parry

Husband, two great kids, Otterhound, Whippet and Border Terrier man. Rest of the time barrister & L5 football ref! and a bit of tuba too. Views strictly my own.

[Callum McFadden @Callum7McFadden]

This is an absolute disgrace.

You can have a view on the penalty decision at Fir Park one way or the other but to leak personal addresses of match officials is absurd.

I wish John Beaton and his family well.

There should never be a place for this sort of intimidation.

[Karl Turner MP @KarlTurnerMP]

The unthinkable honour of making failing Grayling appear as the great defender of justice. Your ludicious, back-of-a-fag-packet attack on juries will diminish any decent legacy to the of the very worst Lord Chancellor in our history.

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@KentuckyDerby Royal Mischief! Booked Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to ride 🐎

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@FootyScran In

[David Davis MP @DavidDavisMP]

The Prime Minister's former mentor has described the Government's plans to cut jury trials as "a cure worse than the disease".

If Starmer won't listen to his backbenchers, he should at least listen to the man who helped train him.

https://t.co/Fs0Y7BBhLP

[Shrewsbury Town FC @shrewsburytown]

Remembering Marvin today on what would have been his 43rd Birthday. Always in our hearts, his legacy lives on 💙🧡

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@G_G_Racing @AintreeRaces @JJONeillJnr @TheJockeyClub Best of luck to both, and come home safe

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Morning again, David Lammy 👋

There is a queue of 80,000 cases.

24% of courtrooms - nearly a quarter of capacity - sit completely empty today.

How - and I cannot stress this enough David - ON EARTH is the answer to restrict jury trials?

Yours, from the brink,
Joanna x

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@TheRefStop Looks good

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@KarlTurnerMP @CrimBarrister The removal of the whip is utterly disgraceful. @Keir_Starmer is a disgrace to our profession not only for this but for the whole jury trial nonsense. Barristers have long memories, and this will not be forgotten Mr Starmer

[The Bar Council @thebarcouncil]

"Some 3,000 of the Prime Minister’s fellow lawyers say that juries have not caused this crisis... Let us be clear: the Prime Minister’s backbenchers oppose it, his professional colleagues oppose it, and, in a previous life, he opposed it, so why is he forcing through a policy that is unjust in principle, unworkable in practice and opposed by everyone?"

Thank you @DavidDavisMP for asking the Prime Minister to rethink plans to curtail jury trials. #JusticeNeedsJuries

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

Why would anyone think that driving a large horsebox through Waverton/Christleton left handed whilst using the right hand to chat away on a mobile is a good idea? 🤯

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Joanna is politer than I am going to be.

For the Justice Secretary - a former barrister - to suggest that being wrongly accused of a crime and imprisoned for three years is just like “scraping your knee”, should be a resignation matter.

@DavidLammy owes the public an apology.

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@ChesterFC Sad to see Calum’s departure. As a manager and a coach he was always someone I enjoyed officiating, win lose or draw, we’d always have a laugh and a good catch up. Fantastic servant to his club, he’ll be missed. Good luck in whatever comes next pal

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@CreweFC @aspo_07 @MaggieVickers98 @Cheshire_FA @CheshireFL @FootballFoundtn @VickersAdam @DerniV1981 @MissKDavey What a fantastic video. A true grassroots legend

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

Loaded this @TheRefStop case up for my first AR back after 20 months! Great to be back for @ChesterFC and @YorkCityFC in the @NL_Enterprise youth league. Looking forward to the rest of the season now ⚽️

[Sam Aiston @SAiston]

This man will bring some passion and energy as well as clear direction to the team and the whole club.
We all need to get behind @shrewsburytown starting on Saturday!

[Paul 7 @Allthe77s]

I'm an old man. Hearing a new manager say he's a Shrewsbury fan is worth a great deal to me. I've gone all positive about this appointment! https://t.co/UsKSvWQndZ

[Simon Parry @Simonparry44]

@lukew_powell I do hope he’s not including shipping Biggins to a relegation rival as being “clever” - it’s anything but clever

[Will @STFC_Will]

2 and a half years later and it still hasn’t become evident why Cotterill was sacked like Roland said it would. 2 and a half years of the worst decision making in football followed this empty statement. #salop