Archive for isa
The Independent Safeguarding Authority: my letter to Ed Balls
Following my letter to Sir Roger Singleton about the ISA‘s apparent reluctance to believe that a jury may acquit because it is sure someone is innocent, I have also written to Ed Balls. This time it’s about the lopsided attitude to rethinking past decisions. Dear Secretary of State, I was glad to read that you [...]
Independent Safeguarding Authority: kudos to Sarah Teather
Although some of the problems with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) are very much to do with how they’ve decided to go about doing their job (see my letter to Sir Roger Singleton for an example), some of the problems are to do with how the law has been written. There are some MPs who [...]
My letter to Sir Roger Singleton, Independent Safeguarding Authority
Dear Sir Roger, I have seen that in the media today you have asked people to “calm down” and be “rational” about how the ISA will operate. I hope therefore that you don’t mind me writing you this calm letter which, I hope, will give a clear rational reason for my concerns. It is paragraph [...]
