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The Tories have pledged to abolish the Sentencing Council, after it identified race-based discrimination in court sentencing habits and changed its guidelines to adjust for that.
The claim is that it created a two-tier system – which is true! but was necessary because of the evident racism.
So by making this promise, which Yr Obdt Srvt thinks is an attempt to court popularity by doing what Labour won’t, aren’t the Tories marking themselves out as racist?
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Examining this, it seems to be an ideologically-oaded move dressed up as a “fairness” reform.
Here’s the underlying logic:
The Sentencing Council’s job is to ensure consistency and equality before the law — including addressing proven disparities.
Its recent work highlighted that black and minority ethnic defendants often receive harsher sentences than white defendants for comparable crimes.
To correct that, the Council adjusted its guidance — not to favour minorities, but to counteract systemic bias that was already disadvantaging them.
The Conservative Party’s argument that this created a “two-tier system” deliberately distorts that context.
They are reframing anti-racism measures as reverse discrimination, a tactic that appeals to reactionary sentiment among voters who feel alienated by discussions of privilege or systemic bias.
In practice, Jenrick is proposing a politicisation of sentencing: removing an independent body and replacing it with ministerial control.
That’s deeply dangerous, because sentencing would then reflect the electoral interests of the government, not judicial principle or evidence.
And it flirts openly with racism.
The Tories are signalling to voters who resent “wokeness” in justice policy that they’ll roll it back — even if that means reinstating systemic racial disparities.
They’re trying to reclaim “law and order” territory by reframing equality as unfairness.
In short:
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The Sentencing Council identified racial bias and took steps to correct it.
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The Conservatives want to abolish it because it acknowledged racism and acted on it.
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Their justification — “equal treatment” — is a rhetorical inversion that hides a regressive, racially coded appeal.
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The result would be both a return to racially biased sentencing and a dangerous politicisation of judicial independence.
It’s a classic example of how the modern Conservative Party has learned to weaponise the language of fairness to defend and restore the unacceptable.
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If they abolish the Sentencing Council, won’t the Tories be admittedly racist?
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The Tories have pledged to abolish the Sentencing Council, after it identified race-based discrimination in court sentencing habits and changed its guidelines to adjust for that.
The claim is that it created a two-tier system – which is true! but was necessary because of the evident racism.
So by making this promise, which Yr Obdt Srvt thinks is an attempt to court popularity by doing what Labour won’t, aren’t the Tories marking themselves out as racist?
Examining this, it seems to be an ideologically-oaded move dressed up as a “fairness” reform.
Here’s the underlying logic:
The Sentencing Council’s job is to ensure consistency and equality before the law — including addressing proven disparities.
Its recent work highlighted that black and minority ethnic defendants often receive harsher sentences than white defendants for comparable crimes.
To correct that, the Council adjusted its guidance — not to favour minorities, but to counteract systemic bias that was already disadvantaging them.
The Conservative Party’s argument that this created a “two-tier system” deliberately distorts that context.
They are reframing anti-racism measures as reverse discrimination, a tactic that appeals to reactionary sentiment among voters who feel alienated by discussions of privilege or systemic bias.
In practice, Jenrick is proposing a politicisation of sentencing: removing an independent body and replacing it with ministerial control.
That’s deeply dangerous, because sentencing would then reflect the electoral interests of the government, not judicial principle or evidence.
And it flirts openly with racism.
The Tories are signalling to voters who resent “wokeness” in justice policy that they’ll roll it back — even if that means reinstating systemic racial disparities.
They’re trying to reclaim “law and order” territory by reframing equality as unfairness.
In short:
The Sentencing Council identified racial bias and took steps to correct it.
The Conservatives want to abolish it because it acknowledged racism and acted on it.
Their justification — “equal treatment” — is a rhetorical inversion that hides a regressive, racially coded appeal.
The result would be both a return to racially biased sentencing and a dangerous politicisation of judicial independence.
It’s a classic example of how the modern Conservative Party has learned to weaponise the language of fairness to defend and restore the unacceptable.
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