Patrick Christys has launched a scathing attack on Justice Secretary David Lammy, branding him a “national joke” after yet another wave of violent and sexual offenders were mistakenly released from prison under his watch.

In a shocking revelation today, Lammy admitted that 12 prisoners have been accidentally released in just the past month, bringing the total number under his tenure to over 100. While Lammy tried to assure the public that the trend is “downwards,” Christys and his panel were far from convinced.

“12 more accidental releases in a single month? And some of these could be violent sexual offenders,” Christys fumed. “The public would assume that after all the controversy, mistakes like this would be less likely. But clearly, under Lammy, the system is spiralling out of control.”

The Justice Secretary attempted to explain the errors by blaming the paper-based system and citing ongoing police operations, insisting that two of the offenders were still at large but being tracked.

Christys was unimpressed:

“So we don’t even know where they are. Shouldn’t the public be told? These are dangerous people on the prowl, yet Lammy gives us nothing until pressed by the morning press.”

The GBN panel also criticized Lammy’s controversial plan to scrap jury trials in most cases, a move Christys described as “tearing up Magna Carta after 800 years”. The Justice Secretary’s proposals have raised eyebrows, with Christys highlighting that Lammy risks putting the UK in the company of authoritarian regimes: Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Mao, Castro, Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, and the Ayatollah of Iran.

“For centuries, jury trials have been a cornerstone of British justice. Lammy wants to abolish them in roughly 80% of cases. Who could have thought the man who confused Henry VIII and Henry VII would now dismantle centuries of legal tradition?” Christys said.

The debate escalated when the panel discussed the risk to free speech under Lammy’s reforms. Examples were cited of individuals who were falsely accused or arrested for speech offenses, with jury trials historically providing fairer outcomes.

“If Lammy’s proposals go ahead, ordinary citizens will be judged by a single ideologically captured judge rather than a jury of their peers,” Christys warned.

Panelist Connie Shaw also condemned Lammy’s use of sensitive cases, such as rape victim trauma, to justify removing jury trials in speech cases:

“It’s perverse. He’s exploiting emotionally charged topics to erode fundamental justice protections.”

Christys concluded:

“David Lammy is a national embarrassment. He’s not on top of his brief, he’s mishandling the justice system, and if any of these offenders harm someone while back on the streets, nobody will be laughing.”

With prison overcapacity, rising errors, and controversial reforms, the UK’s justice system faces unprecedented scrutiny. As Patrick Christys puts it bluntly, “This is more than incompetence. This is a national joke – and the joke is on us.”