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I'd lay the blame more specifically at Chris Grayling's feet, rather than the Government as a whole. How far he got I don't know, but Michael Gove was addressin
by MistahKoala 9y ago
I'd lay the blame more specifically at Chris Grayling's feet, rather than the Government as a whole. How far he got I don't know, but Michael Gove was addressing IEPs when he took over as Justice Secretary. I felt it was a real shame to have lost him from that role.
- jdietrich 9y agoThe fundamental blunder was appointing Grayling in the first place. He had an ignorant, regressive attitude to criminal justice that we haven't seen since Michael Howard. In addition to wrecking the prison service, Grayling did grievous damage to the courts with the Criminal Courts Charge and the massive cuts to Legal Aid. Gove spent most of his tenure as Justice Secretary undoing the damage that Grayling had done. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/28/michael-gove-in-u-turn-over-legal-aid-fund https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/28/michael-gov...
- MistahKoala 9y agoI completely agree that Grayling's appointment was a blunder in the first place. I couldn't get my head around that one, although that's partly because I've never been impressed by him to begin with.