A system on its knees? Inside the criminal justice system with the Secret Barrister
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2020
- It's rare to get a peek behind the scenes of courtrooms and the people working in them (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
In a tell-all book, the anonymous author known as The Secret Barrister has painted a picture of a criminal justice system in England and Wales on its knees, while keeping their identity totally secret, even their gender.
Now we have attempted to bring their insights out of the shadows - examining real cases that reveal the problems at the heart of the justice system. Delays, cuts and creaking infrastructure, all made worse by the crippling pandemic.
In the first in our series, the Secret Barrister examines the story of a victim of assault, who has been left with life-long injuries. Yet the accused were never tried.
Filmed before the pandemic, we have disguised the Secret Barrister's identity and the piece has been voiced by an actor.
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Being a barrister myself, it really hit me when I was denied justice as a victim of domestic abuse. The criminal justice system is totally broken.
Biased towards females in DA cases, obviously.
Damm that must hurt, God never denies justice. You will get yours I promise
You need to privately prosecute
Shaad Dhillon
I wouldn't say it is totally broken, come on, you are reaching.
The uk civil justice is the same.
So all I need to do to get away with crime in the UK is to make sure I commit more crimes than there are courtrooms?
For extra certainty make sure that it's not reported in the right-wing newspapers so the Tories don't prioritise it. Shameful and rediculous.
@@dominictemple ridiculous *
@@parkinsonparkinson7583 So it's my spelling not my argument that you have an issue with?
@@dominictemple for sure. Your point is bang on! 😂😂❤️
That’s terrible in one of the richest countries. He and many others get no justice and criminals walk free.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
I've been a jury member on a case about a 10 bag of weed. That seriously needs fixing.
I urge everyone to read his book as well- really eye opening
I'm reading fake law and agree.
I'm listening to it on audible. It's terrifying
You can't have justice on the cheap. For a government who's supposed to be hot on law and order, they don't seem to want to pay the going rate.
they're not on law and order, they're on money, less taxes for the riches and more austerity for the people who can't afford. that's been the only consistent thing tories has done
There were plenty of resources to prosecute someone for a burning a cardboard box with "Grenfell" written on it. The CPS is political and full of left wing people.
The whole State is a criminal machinery. A mortal engine.
I actually have the book and I've read it. It is absolutely eye-opening about the justice system and since I'm a law student and my dad who, before switching to tort law, was a criminal solicitor and could confirm himself some of the things in the book, like how he would have to wake up in the night, collecting witness statements, important documents, meeting with his clientele and discussing the case itself and what happened etc.
Furthermore, when the MoJ had decided to cut barristers and solicitors pay, they were earning as much as your average electrical engineer an hour, I can't remember the exact number off the top of my head but I believe its around £40-£70 an hour.
One shocking stat that SB gives in his book, is that David Cameron's gov granted a minuscule tax relief on BEER which was roughly the same annual *cut* to the CPS
Defund the CPS . there criminals
Johnny White You said it Johnny Walker.
PS learn to spell.
Why couldn't the _key witness_ give testimony via video link?
Sadly, I doubt it's as easy as it sounds: www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/enforcementguide/court/oral-witnesses.htm (section "Live links").
@@DrumHeadV That really needs to be changed and it does say "guide".
it shouldn't be that difficult to put any safeguards that might be needed in place. It's not even likely to cost much. This govt don't give a flying fk.
Thank-you Channel 4 News and Secret Barrister. The system clearly needs a root and branch revisit, because the system as it stands is not fit for the purpose of providing justice.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
Respect for the team mate who kept going.
Absolutely shocking!
It well and truly is.
I read his book, it's very good
Anyone that has tried to obtain justice via the legal system will already know about some of the issues raised. It's not like they are new issues. Nevertheless, it's good to see some quality reporting from Channel 4 news for a change.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
Why on the third trip required was there no apllication made for the witness to attend the hearing via skype link to the court room?
The government would rather spend money on ridiculous salaries for the head of equality or some politically correct move, than properly fund their criminal justice system, and in some cases, properly pay their lawyers.
Why didn't the doctor's solicitor pursue redress from the claimant when the charges were dropped? Why should it be the tax payer who pays for the expenses of the innocent party? I'm referring to the Secret Barrister story on 17/07/20 about the innocent doctor who was accused of sexual offences, the charges for which were eventually dropped by the CPS and he was left with a massive solicitor's bill.
And it will get a whole lot worse...many areas of the UK are now unsafe.
Great work
It's been obvious for years yet austerity has distroyed many things.
You only need look at the NHS and dwindling police force to see that.
Roll on Tories, yay ☹️☹️
I think what the tories do should be the least of your worries because you can't even spell destroyed. modern smart phones have spell check on them as well so unless you turned that off I don't know how you would incorrectly spell destroyed.
@@Christian988. ur userrrnamee iss AlL Capital lettres thts not grmtically correct
What most do not understand it that the boom and bust cycles are deliberately caused by those who own the Banks. Most people including most MP's do not understand the money system. Many people are tricked into believing that the Bank of England here and the Federal reserve in the states are government-owned and controlled banks they are not. These Banks are owned by private individuals and they are able to create money from Nothing. It gets worse because the Governments which they control go cap in hand to the to borrow money. They agree to pay back the initial loan plus interest. This is Usury and it violates not only Constitutional Law but Biblical Law. The Banks dictate government fiscal policy as Napoleon said: "The hand that gives is above the hand that takes."
Hence we have the Deep State, the Hidden, Hand, the real Rulers and they are not the politicians, the politicians are puppets they are there to deceive people into thinking they have a choice and a voice they do not. In this way, the Rothschilds have been able to enslave the people and destroy our Constitution. Only Revolution will change it and that is coming.
The people should be demanding that the Bradbury Pound is brought back but most people are oblivious to it. This would solve 99% of our problems because the only reason for any form of taxation is to pay off the National Debt, which was created from Nothing:
ruclips.net/video/ZsXI38ey-nY/видео.html
@Luke Griffiths, It does not matter who you think you are voting in the same entity controls the government. Left-wing or Right_wing belong to the same bird called Government. Most people do not understand that Parliament does not control government. When Parliament is dissolved who runs government then? Government does not shut up shop, someone is telling it what it can and cannot do. Most people are clueless and have not the foggiest idea who that is. You have been dumbed down.
This really show how screwed up things are because of a uncaring government.
Thank you for sharing these circumstances... they are true. Great sympathies for victims, and sympathy is not enough. The British government needs to get this righted, less we become a country run and manipulated by wrongdoers and law-breakers. THEY , the politicians, should be punished as their reductions and cuts are not made ignorantly, but for the sake of themselves - and that is unforgivable.
'No evidence offered' by making witnesses wait and they refuse to attend. Always wondered if it was a ploy by the defence.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
This is disgraceful, what can we do about it? The average person is powerless to make the changes.
A problem is that the justice system in the UK, especially in England and Wales is tied to the government. There is no independent running of the justice system. The judges do not run the justice system, its the Lord Chancellor, and he is a member of the government. In other countries the judicial system is run by the governing of the judicial branch.
Why not we stand up to solve the problem
MoJ needs to raise interpreter's wages - so many cases have collapsed or have caused miscarriages of justice due to the lack of un-qualified/experienced interpreters!
What about the solicitors, barristers and case workers? Or how people in the magistrates courts are judged guilty or not guilty by volunteers who have little knowledge in criminal law. Or how innocent people are denied bail and are put on the list for the crown court to decide innocence (a process in which the defendant may have to spend up to 6 months in jail just waiting for the trial even though they did nothing). Only to list a few but I think the MoJ need to think a lot more than just interpreter wages
A country shouldn't need tons of interpretors for its justice system to function, what a ridiculous situation.
We have suffered antisocial behaviour and criminal damage to our property and car and UK police have encouraged the offenders rather than helping.
This will only lead to vigilantism, there will be people that cannot allow, the horrific crimes on them to go unanswered.
Are saying batman, daredevil, ect could become real
@@EpicJ-pe2tl somewhere there might be a real dark knight. >:)
@@DrumToTheBassWoop that is awsome the fact that a superhero exists (the crime isn't awsome it's kinda sad we actually need batman in this world)
@EpicJ-pe2tl they already are real but they use guns and are professionals so you never hear about it, sometimes people go missing and sometimes that person was bad.
The injustice suffered by Josh (and others) and the thought of those guilty parties roaming free to commit further crimes makes me livid.. The system is so broke and we all know how and why... the damn Tories!
Daniel Oxley - well said! How can we be safe when criminals are not stopped??
Bro all political party's are equally useless, they do what they are told and count our money.
These are the basic principles of English Law that would all be swept away by those in the Establishment who are committing Treason.
( Here from one of my Law books is the definition of Treason and I have reported leading politicians and others for committing it to my local Constabulary and thousands of others have done the same:
High Treason is any act designed to betray the Sovereign, Constitution and People of
England.
Sedition is any act designed to subvert the Constitution.)
and which is why British people especially the English over the last 800 years have
resisted European domination. Sovereignty is all about the Right to Self-determination:
The Right to Jury trial
Habeas Corpus
Presumption of Innocence
The Right to Silence
No Taxation Without Representation
No Cruel and Unusual Punishments
All these principles and others are at the core of our Constitution and integral to our
liberty with the separation of powers at its heart.
Remember: “The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who
breathes it.”
Sir James Mansfield (Habeus Corpus)
Funny how a certain treacherous PM got rid of the death penalty for treason.
Really makes you think.
What would've been wrong with the key witness giving evidence via video link up?
If you think the criminal justice is broken try defending yourself in a civil court against banks and their crooked barristers and solicitors who are engaged in insider fraud, produce false documents and blackmail judges and abuse their priviledge positions demanding judgments against defendants in person. The barristers clerks are operating a closed shop or cartel by discrimination especially against litigants in persons, the direct access service is not fit for purpose if barristers clerks who are legally unqualified operating the system in their own interest.
Experienced the same at an employment tribunal.
Nice to meet you
Nice 👍, Howdy Great Brittan. How is everyone over there?
what a (expletive deleted) shambles
Niceeeee work
Sound familiar had a similar experience in Canada.
Very good many thanks ❤❤
Very true!
Very informative
Do you think it could have been the fact that the poor man was from New Zealand and not a UK Citizen ...?
This is heartbreaking💔😡.
I can get if Josh were to take revenge and kill them, there would be an immediate court room available. Tried, convicted and imprisoned.
Finally a credible news item from C4... Its only taken 2 decades. Hope for us all eh..
But if you spat at a cop you’re guaranteed to be up in court within a month!
Jesus Christ. We need those courtrooms and judges. The changes to legal aid should be revisited.
This is disgusting.
The judiciary service is most certainly broken and archaic in my opinion.
I was on jury service recently, it certainly opened my eyes to how inept the system is.
The defendant was filmed on cctv, there was DNA evidence and fingerprint evidence, yet the defendant plead not guilty.
We, the jury spent 6 days on this trial, obviously finding him guilty.
What a total waste of money for the taxpayer.
IMO the jury system is outdated in cases where the evidence is so compelling.
Turns out the guy had so many previous convictions of similar crimes.
How much of the traffic jam of trials is due to greedy lawyers advising their clients to plead not guilty when they obviously are . The system needs to be modernized so that a preliminary hearing before three magistrates/judges decide upon how the case is to be tried. Another shake up should be on the length trials take. Again lawyers both prosecutors and defense make fortunes by stretching a black and white case over weeks and months . No Win No Fee , if lawyers lose the case then they should foot the bill , that would ensure that only genuine grievances reach the court room.
I will have you know barristers cannot tell a defendant to plead guilty or not guilty, they can only advise as to, on the evidence if they should plead one way or another, they also cannot defend someone who admits being guilty to them but enteres a not guilty plea. Furthermore, they do not recieve pay for time that isn't spent in actual court so the delaying of trials actually costs barrister money, I cannot speak to solicitors as I just do not know how it works for them.
Barristers are self employed, Criminal barristers are severely underpaid and literally sacrifice all other aspects of their life to carry out this form of work. I understand the misguided belief that all barristers are rich middle age white men, and in the past it was true, but over the last 20 years it has got worse and worse. So after 5 years of studying usually accumulating 50k debt there are only two reason a pupil (a trainee barrister) goes in to criminal law, they are either not good enough to make it in a different (much much much more lucrative area) or they are truly passionate and dedicated to justice. No criminal barrister is in it for the money, there are plenty of easier jobs that pay much higher salaries open to us.
So as I am sure you wouldn't blame doctors for NHS waiting times don't blame barristers for courts, the system is broken and barristers are just trying to old it together
Lots of Unfair Trials as well, the Services are All suffering from Desorganisation and Old Traditions that don't let Us Evolve.
Poor Joshua, may life compensate him with great Love relationship or something like that wonderful. The lowlifes that beat him up will also die one day just like everybody else. Then they will have to answers to their I AM-presence what they did to Joshua and they have to FEEL Joshua´s PAIN and suffering. -And so it is.
It's just really sad and it's not even on the agenda for improvements all thanks to this austerity, covid excuse ( the first one since Tony Blair took office ) this, is such a very important matter it involves all lives in our society and worse we all pay our taxes over it for this type of shamble system but, the Tories didn't work on these issues and I doubt it other parties will this should be a number one priority for improvements not a bonus system for whenever they feel like it this is so appalling
Government Failure affecting every walk of life 😡
They blame austerity and lack of funding what I have seen being done in those courts can not be blamed on lack of funding ,
Is there a second part ?
Don't worry, they are going to not have jury trials to speed things up.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
I don't think it's a shock that the legal system doesn't exactly work effectively I think it's on best day it's 70/30 on average it's probably 60/50 or 50/50 which you and I certainly don't want to hear about our countries legal and judicial systems.
Bring back Hammurabi.
They need to focus on the serious cases rather than prosecuting mean tweets.
Diabolical. Call it a " JUSTICE" system.🤣🤣🤣
Im losing faith in justice even existing in this world, let alone the UK system
And getting off will only embolden them, they know they won and now someone else will get the same or maybe worse, no wonder people go vigilante
Why don’t you do a story on secret courts and secret evidence? I believe they’re called SIAC courts
Better allocate the resources on the guy who trained his pug to raise his paw in Hitler salute, you know, the REAL crime...
USA , tasters and maced are LEGAL! I lived here all my life , never once have I seen any one using those in a crime .GUNS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SO LEAVE THOSE OUT OF IT !
Excellent but....WHAT ABOUT THE IPP... CONTACT ME ...LETS TALK
It’s fucking ridiculous
Justice costs money. Legal aid is a thing of the past these days. The justice system really needs renaming as it just isn’t is it
Misrepresentation??????
Public voto for the party
So many Tory bashing opportunists on here on the issue of Austerity. Can I remind you all of that famous letter from a labour civil servant "there's no money. Good luck"
LibLabCon are all complicit.
I'm not going to disagree but by god the tories have been a 100x worse for the country than any other party.
It was the outgoing Secretary to the Treasury who left that note as a joke to the next chancellor. It's been part of the political handover of the Chancellor's office for the last 100 years to wish the successor well, but for some reason the Tory party decided to use this as political ammo.
@@tomsixsix liar
The Tories have been in power for over 10 years now. We are the 4th richest country in the world. The idea we can't fund our justice system properly (and other services too) is bullshit
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
Extremely disturbing but not unexpected with the conservative government at the helm and now we are stuck with them for another four years
Why is the server barrister wearing a fave covering with s animal mask
Crime pays I now understand why people turn to crime as you get a little slapped wrist. It's a joke a real a laughing stock!
Ok then, I dare you to go out there and rob a bank.
Then you will see just how much the justice system loves criminals 🤣🤣🤣🤣
English and Welsh justice is very poor but they only take care for sexual assault cases 😢 if beautiful women complains all CPS will exaggerate the case 😢
Brit polizei've taken-up EEG clone torture-murder instead of enforcing the law. Every page of every lawbook's just toilet-paper to them NE & DH/DL. Aug2011-July2020, etc.
You are a rabbit.
About the knees: because you all in the law are perfectionists.
Some of you are perfect in justice, others in injustice.
If those of you lawyers who serve injustice won't battle with justice, those who serve justice won't suffer from injustice.
Only economists beat you in that perfectionism. For that very reason I being a medical student suffered from law teacher who believed it's fair to make medical students to learn 5-year jurisprudence program in one year. The economics teacher went even further and forced us to study even international economics on the thirdt year of medical university. Now you will understand why it's on its knees.
Because time isn't relative. And when you try to do all the things perfectly, you will fail anyway. Rabbit. So funny.
The innocent is convicted and the guilty is free! This is the criminal justice sistem.
When the light (Conscience) is lost…then human becomes animal…But many doesn’t know how it’s getting lost in a human..It’s like this-When a person does wrong ,his conscience will tell him it’s wrong…if he still does it..then the 2nd time the voice of conscience inside you will be bit feeble…and 3 4 times if the same thing happens then one will never hear the warning…which makes him go forward with anything as he lost the antenna to know wether he is doing right or wrong…This is the way criminals are coming up…but karma knows the address…it will come and affect the persons every valuables…May be family,children,or themselves…That’s why Jesus said …you will hear a voice from behind…..Turn towards right. …and should never allow the light in you to set off…
Ngl they did a good job fixing him up, hope he's well 👍🏻
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you