The horrendous murder of three girls at a dance class in Southport on 27th July and the misreporting on social media of …
We welcome informed comment on the Captain Swing Riots both on the historical events and on possible parallels with our own times.
In this opening contributing from TONY WILLIAMS, a lawyer with extensive experience around the world, we look out how use of the judicial system can be used to stop mob unrest. In 1830 it was considered that the initial modest sentences given to the rioters in Kent (three days gaol) triggered the subsequent widespread violence across the county and into Sussex. By the time it reached Hampshire it was on a massive scale. It was the Duke of Wellington who orchestrated a faster and, one mighty say, more draconian approach. Did the authorities under Kier Starmer and Stephen Parkinson apply lessons learned from the Duke of Wellington in the recent riots in the northern cities?
The horrendous murder of three girls at a dance class in Southport on 27th July and the misreporting on social media of …
The English Project, launched the world’s first English Language Day in 2009 to mark the first occasion on which English was used in Parliament and to raise awareness of the estimated 7,000 varieties of English spoken in 100 countries worldwide.
This first Parliamentary speech in English, rather than in French, was made on 13th October 1362. In the same Parliament, a Statute of Pleading was approved that also permitted debate and law-making in English.
