Minister Blames Civil Servants in ‘Minority’ Sentencing Guideline Scandal

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook was asked on Sky News about the ongoing ‘minority’ sentencing guideline scandal. Which took a turn yesterday as the Sentencing Council’s chairman Lord Justice Davis set out in some detail how Mahmood’s MoJ failed to raise any concern about the changes including at a walkthrough meeting on 3 March…

As is Labour’s habit Pennycook turned on the blob when asked to explain how this means Labour wasn’t “asleep at the wheel“:

“I’m not going to speak for the individual civil servants who were in whatever particular meeting.”