Yesterday Lincolnshire’s Spalding Guardian (not to be confused with a similarly titled, typographically challenged offering originally from Manchester. Ed.) carried not one, but two reports of interpreters who missed assignments at Spalding Magistrates Court, which only sits day per week nowadays.
Firstly, there’s the report of a 53 year-old man accused of stealing bolt croppers.
The case of a man accused of stealing bolt croppers could not be heard by Spalding magistrates because there was no interpreter present.
Secondly, the Spalding Guardian covered an adjourned drink-driving case involving a man called Piotr Nowak.
His case is due to be heard on Thursday. There was no interpreter present at last week’s hearing.
In spite of the constant stream of evidence to the contrary, the Ministry of Justice continue to assert that Capita T&I’s performance under the contract continues to improve.
By that logic 2 + 2 = 5 (at least it does in Petty France, SW1. Ed.).
Spalding may have an above average need for interpreters due to the high numbers of East European migrant workers employed in agriculture and food processing – something that must annoy the hell out of UKIP supporters.