Tidying away the death penalty

One good reason for not killing the police bill

Protestors seeking to “kill” the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill seem not to have noticed that its parliamentary passage has stalled. Although MPs gave the bill a second reading on 16 March, no arrangements have yet been made for its committee stage.

Kill the Bill protest, Bristol, 26 March. Image: Keir Gravil

That’s understandable, given the pa…