Keir Starmer is not the answer some of you seem to think he is. Apart from the brexit mess, his time as director of public prosecutions isn't all it's cracked up to be and rules him out imo
A thread of articles
A thread of articles
Decided no charges should be brought against the officer who assaulted Ian Tomlinson, who later died.
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Wish he'd had this energy for the bankers, but punishing the poor is easy pickings.
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Weakened guidelines re specialist barristers in rape prosecutions. Thornberry wrote to him to raise her concerns
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Apparently behind the decision not to pursue further prosecution of worboys
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Was behind the decision to drop this case; the victim subsequently committed suicide.
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Will try to add to this thread later - feel free to add to it yourselves.
@JennThorburn_ Sure there's is a fuckton to be said about Keir as DPP, but based on what I and others have put forward, the theme of his failings is clear: he pursued a quite often reactionary agenda that harmed rape survivors and the poorest, which obvs disproportionately fell on women.
@JennThorburn_ Lol, sorry Jenn, hadn't realised I had you tagged in on this 🙄. Either way, the prospect of Starmer in light of all this is horrifying, centrist or no.
@JennThorburn_ I'm adding Jenn's full thread to this as she's adding to it with some pretty damning stuff, including decision not to prosecute for rendition/torture:
