Channel 4 Ignores Starmer’s Record of Failure as DPP

Channel 4 pol-ed Gary Gibbon is getting praise for his long segment on Keir Starmer’s time as Director of Public Prosecutions. Amid fawning admiration from Dominic Grieve and light questions on whether Starmer was right to prosecute Chris Huhne, criticisms are based on Starmer being “draconian and hardline” while using the “language of austerity” to force through budget efficiencies. […] Read the rest