John Finnemore on Legal Aid Cuts.
From the normally execrable Now Show on Friday.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 11:49,
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Fuck, that bit about the not guilty plea is terrifying
Is that really what we're reduced to now? Quickie Tesco Value trials?
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thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 12:18,
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Nope.
Unless you're a povvo, in which case, yes.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 13:42,
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more people need to listen to this
it's a huge issue and it potentially affects everyone. It's a massive human rights fuckup if I ever heard of one, except we're dropping the human rights act aren't we?
oh and "absolute tit" is a really really polite thing to say about grayling
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wideeye slightly pickled, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 14:12,
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Not to mention:
The decimation of the legal aid system for help with welfare benefits.
This also impacts on CAB/... - as this was where much of their funding came from.
Plus, this is all happening as new, untested benefits are coming along.
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oh yeah, universal benefits or something isn't it?
heard about that a few weeks ago, system is going live in November, major trials started in Manchester (I think). Unfortunately, said major trials consist of 300 (yes, 300) people who are straightforward cases. How the fuck is that testing the system?
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wideeye slightly pickled, Thu 13 Jun 2013, 13:32,
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I should probably read a paper some time
I was utterly unaware of this.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 21:12,
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