This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

This is among other things a product of how far UK Conservative and Reform Party MPs and Spads have become so marinated in Right wing American social media that they have adopted its view of unis as a source of radicalisation tempting youth away from the moral purity of National Conservative thought

2025 Fringe: Final show Thirty-Four is Joke Experts with Sam Campbell, Rose Matafeo and Paul Williams, A mad 50 minutes ending with Paul leaving early for his show, Rose running out to get ice cream and Sam leading the whole audience out to follow her.
@rosematafeo.bsky.social

2025 Fringe: Show Thirty-Three is Ed Night who we saw for the first time, and it won't be the last, he was brilliant.

2025 Fringe: Show Thirty-Two is @tiffstevenson.bsky.social giving us great entertainment despite last night's injury

2025 Fringe: Show Thirty-One is Celya AB doing a cracking work in progress

2025 Fringe: Show Thirty is the amazing Jessica Fostekew with the final show of the WIP we saw, full of energy and a bit of hissing.

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty-Nine is Relay, a wonderful musical by @leilanavabi.bsky.social about making a baby.

Yonna Honestly is with Pretty Hurts in Chicago, IL. Exposing my landlord cause clearly this is unprofessional asf Landlord 5:56 PM Tayanna, we still got a problem. I told you before, I needed the $150 by today or we were gonna have an issue. I told you I don't have $1500 right now Ok... well you still owe me $1200. But listen... if you wanna come by my place tonight, we can have a little date, spend some time... and we can call it even on the rent So you want me to sleep with you instead of paying my rent? I'm saying we can handle it in private. You won't have to worry about rent this month if we do O iMessage

TAPPED IN: GANGSTAB... Bitch better get to suckin tf, aint shit free in life, she tryna expose him but she the broke one who dont got 1200 204 7759 54.1K 723K & جهاد @MAZIFRMHUNNAZ 1d Replying to @KollegeKidd What's "unprofessional" is not having your rent smh. 20 34K 342K 1d ♡ Jai Yilmaz Cilgin @jaicil... Replying to @KollegeKidd She's trying to expose her landlord for giving her an opportunity when she's the broke bitch, lol. 44 155 24.4K 276K & @Rexkinsm 1d Rexkins That's not "unprofessional," that's predatory and it's exactly why tenant protections need to be stronger.

Look at all the predators

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty-Seven is Sikisa, a powerhouse in every field.

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty-Five is one of our favourites Carl Donnelly who we've been going to see for 15 years.

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty-Four is Alison Spittle with an amazing hour on a topic close to my heart

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty-Three is one of my favourites Helen Bauer with a brilliant hour

I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty-Two is Ayo Adenekan an Edinburger making a great debut

2025 Fringe: Show Twenty is Tamsyn Kelly, she's become an honorary Scot (my words; we've welcomed a pirate into our midst) and has a great show about relationships and friendships.

2025 Fringe: Show Nineteen is the play Lolita Apologies written, directed and acted by Sophie's friend Talia to confront men who have poorly adapted Lolita and created the myth of a 12 year old that wasn't being molested, with Marty, @lrlam.bsky.social and Sophie

2025 Fringe: Show Eighteen is @jenafriedman.bsky.social telling us about the sadness and happiness of her recent life, with Marty @lrlam.bsky.social and Sophie

2025 Fringe: Show Seventeen is Lara Ricote starting a work in progress, with Marty, @lrlam.bsky.social and Sophie

2025 Fringe: Show Fifteen is Olga Koch, work in progress pfft, it was brilliant.

2025 Fringe: Show Fourteen is Sindhu Vee doing an amazing work in progress

2025 Fringe: Show Thirteen is Jordan Brookes, second time we've seen this work in progress in a year, worth it every time.

Why would they have any shame . Everybody white has capitulated to them at every major step from left to right

And has agreed to contemplate Black social death to keep them happy

Can’t be ashamed of what is getting you what you want

RFK Jr. axes $500M in mRNA research. Texas GOP threatens to arrest Dems for blocking a Trump-backed gerrymander. A judge halts construction at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” as a whistleblower reports inhumane conditions. The cruelty is loud—and growing. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/august-8-w...

Is JD Vance going to show up so they can yell at Putin for indiscriminate bombing of civilian population centers, or is that kid of treatment reserved for allies who don’t thank Trump sufficiently?

Damn His Golden Oval Office While People Can't Afford Groceries Because of his tariffs.

Thou shalt not turn the Oval Office into a tacky shithole.

2025 Fringe: Show Twelve is Tim Key, he's in his heyday!

2025 Fringe: Show Eleven is @priyahall.bsky.social Priya Hall's funny tales of parenting and Pingu

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