The Ministry of Justice’s own statistics released today show that there is no disparity in outcomes between white and non-white candidates in the judiciary. Who would have thought…
‘There was no disparity of outcomes between White and ethnic minority candidates in legal judicial selection exercises… Across all legal exercises in 2025-26, ethnic minority candidates accounted for 16% of the eligible pool and 18% of recommendations.”
There was also no disparity of outcomes between female and male candidates in their selection to judicial posts. As Guido pointed out there is in fact overrepresentation of some minority groups in the judiciary…
Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy said: “David Lammy is pushing for judicial appointments based on diversity over merit – as his candidate to oversee appointments admitted to Parliament. But the facts are clear: there is no disparity between white and ethnic minority candidates in the selection of judges.”
Guido has been tracking David Lammy’s dogged attempts to overturn the injustice when it comes to ‘diversity’ in the judiciary. Turns out – it’s entirely pointless…
Statement by Paul Dacre, Editor-in-Chief of Associated Newspapers Limited, following Harry’s loss in court today:
“Prince Harry wrote a sad book which boasted about his killing of 25 Taliban, his drug-taking and, in cringe-making detail, how he lost his virginity. There isn’t a laundry in the cosmos big enough to wash all the dirty linen he has aired about his own family. For him, to complain about HIS privacy being invaded takes, not just the biscuit, but the whole tin. Poor Harry. I feel sorry for the way a confused and angry young man has been drawn into this case. The bitter irony is that his mother, Diana, liked the Mail. We were her paper. We took her side in her acrimonious break up with Charles. She and I would speak and meet. The Mail’s superb royal reporter was her friend and confidante. The truth is that this trumped-up action – which has cost well over £50 million and wasted a huge amount of valuable court time – should never have been brought to trial. That it did, raises profoundly disturbing questions about the conduct of elements of the legal profession. Today’s verdict is not just a victory for Associated’s magnificent journalists – several of whom have had a terrible toll imposed on their health and lives – but a free press generally. Make no mistake. This was a conspiracy, supported by Hacked Off, to destroy a paper. Financed by the orgy-loving, racist Max Mosley and involving the actor Hugh Grant, it was also a sinister bid to resuscitate Leveson Two and impose statutory regulation on the press which, even now, is rearing its ugly head in Labour’s Media Green Paper.”