Robert Buckland Weblog

I see that Mr. Singh, the gentleman who in defending himself from attack became involved in an altercation that ended with the death of his assailant from a single stab wound to the chest, is not to be prosecuted for murder or for any unlawful act. He had to wait ten days or so [...]

The results are now in. It has taken just over two months for the consultation process to be completed as to the proposed closure of Lawn and Westcott Place Post Offices and the result is…they are to close. No surprises there, frankly. Despite our collections of hundreds of replies to our letter [...]

Things are happening thick and fast, and I have several deadlines to meet with work and articles, so please forgive the delay in posting. On Friday 15th February, I spent a full day at the school where I am a Governor, The Ridgeway School in Wroughton. I was recently appointed as the Special [...]

Government figures released last week show that 1 in 5 of children in the UK between 1 and 15 are living in households that are in receipt of benefit. The figures for South Swindon reveal that in April 2007, 3290 children were living in households that were in receipt of one of the following [...]

I have now read the full text of the lecture delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Royal Courts of Justice last Thursday. It asks serious questions about the concept of universal laws and rights, using the application of the varying types of “Sharia law” as an example of an alternative, pluralist system [...]

Twenty years is a very long time indeed in politics and in Rugby Union. When Wales last won at Twickenham (11-3), Will Carling got his first cap and I was in my first year at Hatfield College, Durham. Watching the match in the JCR proved to be particularly difficult, bearing in mind that [...]