Complaint made about Judge who claimed 'we are LUCKY to live in a multi-racial society'!
I
read with dismay the reported remarks of District Judge Emma Arbuthnot in
sentencing Viscount St Davids and I have therefore written the following
complaint to the Lord Chancellor:-
Lord
Chancellor’s Department
Judicial
Complaints
Ministry
of Justice
102
Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Dear
Sir
Re:
Complaint against District Judge Emma Arbuthnot
Politically
biased sentencing remarks
I
am making this complaint on behalf of the English Lobby which is a ‘not for
profit company’ whose purpose is to stand up for English values and the English
Nation.
We
read with dismay the reported remarks of District Judge Emma Arbuthnot in
sentencing Viscount St Davids. We do not know anything other than what was
reported in the newspapers, internet and broadcast media about the offences for
which Viscount St Davids was convicted and sentenced, but it is a fundamental
principle of English Justice that Judges are neither politically biased, nor
give the appearance of being politically biased.
Judging
from the reported remarks this was not the case with this District Judge. She
used the opportunity to grandstand her personal political views before the
national media in a case with considerable press interest because of person
being sentenced was a member of the aristocracy. In these circumstances the
District Judge is quoted as having said:- “this multi-racial society we are
lucky enough to live in.”
This
is not a statement of law, on the contrary this remark is blatantly politically
loaded and partisan. It is not a remark that everyone would agree with, but it
is simply an expression of the current Establishment orthodoxy of liberal
multi-culturalism. Clearly she would have been well within her rights to both
hold such an opinion and also to express it both as a private citizen and in
most public offices. This is not the position however for a Judge holding forth
from the judicial bench in Court.
From
her other remarks in the case one suspects that the District Judge was also in
the minority on the issue of Brexit which seems to have been part of the matrix
of the alleged offences.
In
short it is quite wrong for any Judge either in sentencing or in convicting in
any court to give voice to their personal prejudices and political opinions
however orthodox. In this situation the District Judge has brought discredit to
her office and should be disciplined. If this is part of a pattern of behaviour
by her, then perhaps she should be dismissed.
Yours
faithfully
R
C W Tilbrook
Here
is the English Lobby's press release:-
PRESS
RELEASE
The
English Lobby complaint made about the Judge who sentenced Viscount claiming we
are LUCKY to live in a multi-racial society.
The
English Lobby has written a letter of complaint to the Lord Chancellor to
discipline District Judge Emma Arbuthnot for her blatant political bias and
discriminatory prejudice in making the above remark. Whilst this remark is
fully in accordance with the increasing prevalence of Judges who are
multi-culturalist liberals, it is nevertheless a blatant breach of an English
judge’s constitutional and legal duty to be impartial and politically neutral.
Robin
Tilbrook, the Director of the English Lobby said:- “Some people think like the
District Judge that “this (is a) multi-racial society (which) we are
LUCKY enough to live in”.” Many others do not welcome it
or accept it and others actively oppose it, so for the District Judge to use her
opportunity of maximum publicity in a high profile case to make a blatantly
political point was and is an abuse of her judicial position for which she
should be disciplined.
Let
us see if the new Lord Chancellor, David Lidington MP, knows his duty and reins
in this blatant display of political bias by a Judge.
If
you feel the same way about this please use the address above to put in your own
complaint!
