'The erosion of liberty is not sudden - scrapping juries is the start of something more worrying,' Jacob Rees-Mogg warns

'The erosion of liberty is not sudden - scrapping juries is the start of something more worrying,' Jacob Rees-Mogg warns

Yesterday, I was addressing the Free Speech Union at a dinner as we face a mighty assault on our liberties. Today, the Lord Chancellor announced that the Government will remove jury trials for offences carrying a sentence of under three years.Speaking in the Commons, David Lammy said: "First, I will create new swift courts within the Crown Court, with a judge alone deciding verdicts in either way cases with a likely sentence of three years or le…