In one of the most brazen of a career of foolhardy actions, Labour’s David Lammy want to scrap jury trials for most crimes. This is a direct assault on an 800-year-old cornerstone of English and British justice, enshrined in Magna Carta since 1215, guaranteeing trial by our peers. It’s fundamentally unconstitutional, eroding the safeguards of our common law that protect citizens from arbitrary state power.   This didn’t start overnight. Tony Blair and his Fabian Society allie