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2024-10-22 08:30:29 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 85DABADDF8A7AB76E494EF62DB1C364CC77333FF3552C0DEB5A4EC1725896D9C
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Judges and courts in the UK are independent of the government & the Prime Minister, and have been for hundreds of years. The conviction was nothing to do with Keir Starmer. Lynch pleaded guilty to violent disorder. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/peter-lynch-61-jailed-for-nearly-three-years-for-role-in-rotherham-riot https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201012/ldselect/ldconst/272/27204.htm#:~:text=The%20process%20by%20which%20judges,other%20than%20in%20exceptional%20circumstances. https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/our-justice-system/jud-acc-ind/independence/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-sentencing-council-for-england-and-wales/about#:~:text=The%20Sentencing%20Council%20is%20an,and%20the%20Sentencing%20Advisory%20Panel. https://consoc.org.uk/the-constitution-explained/the-judiciary/#:~:text=An%20independent%20judiciary%20is%20one,powerful%20politicians%20or%20the%20government.
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