Yes there are imbalances in sentencing, no doubt whatsoever.
As you say, the judge has plenty of discretion and as such, some sentences seem to be wrong.

The point that Jess Phillips made was bang on the money and for people to to be given longer sentences for damaging public property , compared to rape or worse, seems crazy and it's interesting how influence can come from "above" in certain circumstances, also, the "quality" of the defence, which comes down to pound notes, will always be a major factor, which skews the justice system in favour of the better off.

As for the vigil on Saturday, it was nailed on to end badly and of course it did.

Looks like we can’t have peaceful protests now. Facism is well and truly alive in this country.

protests that cry that all men are violent murderers and should not be allowed out after 6pm, doesn't sound peaceful to me, sounds a symptom of the ridiculous world created in recent times.

A legal clampdown on protests, in advance of some new form of austerity, does make you wonder what is coming our way.
No question that there will be some very difficult choices, between tax increases (in whatever form they take) and cuts to public services and it would appear that, just as Thatcher clamped down on the Unions, Boris & Co are going to try and gag the masses, it should be interesting.
It has to be said that the Tory ethos would always be cuts in spending instead of tax increases and there is certainly a huge fiscal hole to fill.

Strangely, to get through the pandemic, they have adopted some strong socialist policies, with increases to benefits, the furlough scheme and a huge increase in public spending and it will be fascinating how they return to "normal".

Go protest about it, then...

But nowhere near those enabled and facilitated by that useless Tory Neville Chamberlain

I'm just pleased that you're happy.

What we've seen is that policy is no longer important to many of their supporters - they can do things that Corbyn would have raised an eyebrow at but it's all about culture wars and Trump-style identity politics. Gin up and distract people enough with that stuff and they can do what they like really, ideology is dead.

Where did I say I was happy? Go on, show me. That’s right, you can’t. Unlucky.

But I will break it down for you. You are quite happy to harp on about a death toll that has been caused due to unprecedented circumstances whilst supporting a party that lied and in the process caused the deaths of millions of innocent people (I know that to you it doesn’t matter because they weren’t white, but still, that’s Labour supporters for you!)

That’s why Labour will never get in. You epitomise what is wrong with them

I love the way you just make things up and then state them as fact. I guess thats why you're attracted to the Russian sponsored adulterous serial liar.

How many have we helped in Yemen with our continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

What am I making up? Wrencat is so incensed about a worldwide pandemic that no one was prepared for but supports a party that lied through their teeth and caused the deaths of millions of innocent people from the Middle East.

And it was voted through with an absolute majority. Plenty on all sides will have lined their pockets. Wars are profitable, after all.

I'm no defender of Blair or of the Labour Party but let's not forget that 99% of Conservative MPs voted for the Iraq war compared to 75% of Labour MPs.

100% of Liberal Democrats and 100% of SNP MPs, of course, voted against but I doubt 'Steph' supports either of them which makes the whole thing another bit of lazy trolling.