I’ve been absent without leave from blogging duties for the past few weeks, though I’m guessing that no one noticed. What with the election, a heatwave and Wimbledon, people have had other topics to fulminate over.

Besides, I’ve had to focus on the day job, as I’ve got a tax bill coming up. ‘Back to back sex’, as we call it in the trade, is all consuming. So even I haven’t had time to get angry about anything.

However, inevitably my bad temper has re-surfaced and I’ve had to shove my head back over the parapet. Pressing court related matters have caused my blood pressure to soar – namely, the contentious issue of the MOJ’s proposed ‘flexible operating hours’ scheme.

Now, when the MOJ and their partners in crime, HMCTS, talk about ‘flexible operating hours’, what they REALLY mean is that they want to have whatever courthouses they haven’t already…