1. The judge can indeed impose the terrorist connection, whether it is so charged or not, per s.69 Sentencing Act 2020.
2. Crown Court sentences don't set precedents. This is trite - and as an MP, you really ought to know this.
3. The sentences are neither disproportionate, nor wrong. There was serious damage (£1.2m) to property, and a police officer's spine was fractured with a sledgehammer.
What's "wrong" here is that MPs are outraged that people have been appropriately sentenced for such crimes that include GBH by fracturing a police officer's spine with a sledgehammer.
We should not have MPs who think this way.
I am very committed to equality and the fight against racism. But I believe everyone has the right to express themself at a time and in a way that suits them. I will not take the knee today but respect and support the personal choices every driver makes #WeRaceAsOne#EndRacism
Introducing our new 2020 livery 🖤 A pledge to improve the diversity of our team and our sport, and a signal of the Team’s commitment to fighting racism and discrimination in all its forms.
This month, #BLEXIT raised $200k for black businesses which were destroyed in the #BLM riots. We also sent all of our minority state directors to local police departments to spread love & form productive relationships.
I’m so proud of the work our organization is doing. @BLEXIT
We're watching honest frustration over real things captured by dishonest movements pushing insane policies. If one calls out the dishonesty and insanity, they are portrayed as indifferent to the problem. This dynamic pushes us toward a civil war which both sides are sure to lose.
We are in desperate need of a new MLK type of leader who can rise up and inspire the masses to reject this uprising of anti-American sentiment, extremism, violence, and divisiveness and lead a nationwide movement toward post-racial unity.
Take a look at the work going on at McLaren HQ to help produce medical ventilators and trolleys for the @VentilatorU consortium, as @ZBrownCEO shows us around.
Socialising unnecessarily increases the chances that you’ll spread the virus to someone more vulnerable than you. OLD OR YOUNG.
That person could actually die.
You could be infected and not know it.
It’s mad that you’d go and sit in the pub with your mates knowing this.