Judith Rowbotham

Full-time independent scholar (law, crime & history). Hon Research Fellow, Plymouth U. SOLON director. Author, Crime News in Modern Britain, RoutledgeSOLON 2013

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Why are gin drinkers being penalised? No reduction in duty for consumers of London or Plymouth gin - boo hiss, Osborne!

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On 4/10 in Nottingham Post, I asked why not use mainly the old Great Central Railway route, not HS2. Ed Balls and others are now asking too!

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Crime News in Modern Britain is now out officially. On 18.10.1903 Lloyds News committed a contempt of court on a murder case.

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The Times: a responsible press holds political systems to account. Cynically, it causes reluctance to involve them in settling the Charter

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History shows regulation/censorship of press doesnt work. Press MUST be more responsible: political control is not the way. See John Milton!