Showing posts with label sunak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sunak. Show all posts

Saturday, 12 July 2025

I'm sorry, this is ridiculous

A brief paragraph in today's Times. Craig Williams, Rishi Sunak's PPS when in government, has been charged with offences under the Gambling Act 2005, one of which involved the alleged placing of a £100 bet on the date of the next election three days before Sunak announced the date.

All very straightforward, you'd imagine. Justice in action. He did not enter a plea at the Crown Court hearing yesterday so he has been sent for trial.

But here's the kicker.

The 52 word "report" ended with the final sentence: "His trial has been set for January 2028". What? Three years' time? I'm not one of those constantly harping on about Britain being broken but what does this say about the justice system? Is Williams playing the system by not entering a plea and hoping it will all go away? Or is he now a victim of a system which, even if he is eventually found innocent of the charges, will trash his reputation and ruin his life for 3 years?

This is beyond ridiculous.