International Law

MPs say vote for us and we will rob you all blind

Posted on May 27, 2008
MPs say vote for us and we will rob you all blind"MPs are planning to award themselves an across-the-board £23,000 second home allowance to remove the embarrassment of submitting expenses claims"."The committee chairing a review of Parliamentary expenses and allowances, chaired by the Speaker, Michael Martin, is said to be considering an automatic lump sum of around £23,000, which would avoid the exposure of public scrutiny of receipts for small household items"...

UN peacekeepers or paedophiles?

Posted on May 27, 2008
UN peacekeepers or paedophiles?"Sexual abuse of children as young as six by aid workers and United Nations peacekeepers has continued unchecked despite repeated promises to stamp it out, according to a 12-month investigation".

Haven't the McCanns unfinished business with the PJ in Portugal?

Posted on May 27, 2008
Haven't the McCanns unfinished business with the PJ in Portugal?John Prescott (Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister; Kingston upon Hull East, Labour) Link to this | Hansard sourceI have been asked to reply. As the House will be aware, my right hon...

Judge does not allow McCanns text messages to be read

Posted on May 27, 2008
Judge does not allow McCanns text messages to be read"The PJ wanted to know what was contained in the text messages that were written by the McCanns and their friends, on the day before and on the day after the little girl disappeared".

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MP seeks meeting after jail report

Posted on May 26, 2008
MP seeks meeting after jail report"An MP will meet a senior official from the Prison Officers Association (POA) after a report raised concerns about the activities of Muslim prisoners at a top-security jail housing some of Britain's most dangerous criminals...

Beavers returning to UK after 400 years

Posted on May 26, 2008
Beavers returning to UK after 400 years"Some 400 years after they were hunted to extinction in Britain for their fur and medicinal oils, beavers are to live in the wild again. Up to 20 will be set free in a secluded forest in south-west Scotland, ministers in Edinburgh said yesterday...

Afghan prison nightmare may be coming to an end for Pervez

Posted on May 26, 2008
Afghan prison nightmare may be coming to an end for Pervez"His surroundings are grim and forbidding, a Kabul prison thronged with desperate humanity. But Sayed Pervez Kambaksh believes his long nightmare is almost over.The 24-year-old student, sentenced to death for downloading internet reports on women's rights, is allowing himself to be hopeful for the first time since he was condemned"...

Girl 12 to have sex change op

Posted on May 26, 2008
Girl 12 to have sex change opCall me old fashioned, but this case makes me wonder whether we should be tinkering with nature. I know it is deeper than this, but it comes across that the girl wants to avoid breasts and menstruation therefore she decides to become a boy instead...

Blowing in the wind

Posted on May 26, 2008
Blowing in the wind Or should that be blown down in the wind?

Barmaid's killer dies in hospital

Posted on May 25, 2008
Barmaid's killer dies in hospitalA man who was serving life for the murder of a barmaid from Cheltenham has died after collapsing in prison."Paul McMillan, 27, was convicted of stabbing Shirley Cotton-Betteridge more than 40 times at a Bristol pub in 2001...

McCanns: Is anyone laughing at their sick joke?

Posted on May 25, 2008
McCanns: Is anyone laughing at their sick joke?"The parents of Madeleine McCann have backed a scheme to use social networking websites Facebook and Bebo to help trace missing children".Is this some kind of sick joke? The parents who refuse to take responsibility for the disappearance of their own child supporting a missing children initiative? Isn't this a bit like Dr Harold Shipman supporting care for the elderly?

Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison'

Posted on May 25, 2008
Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison'"Prison officers at one of Britain's maximum security jails are losing control to Muslim gangs, according to a confidential report obtained by The Observer. An internal review of Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire warns that staff believe a 'serious incident is imminent' as several wings become dominated by Muslim prisoners...

Studying is a terrorist offence

Posted on May 25, 2008
Studying is a terrorist offence"The Home Office was accused last night of rushing to deport a university administrator to conceal official blunders after he was arrested on terrorism charges only to be released without charge. A Labour MP criticised the decision, claiming there was no reason for it "other than to cover the embarrassment of the police and intelligence services"...

Prince Andrew and a Kazakh tycoon in £3M dodgy deal

Posted on May 25, 2008
Prince Andrew and a Kazakh tycoon in £3M dodgy dealThere is something fishy about this story, dodgy dealings, between Prince Andrew and a Kazakh tycoon. Prince Andrew has a house for sale valued at £12M, and along comes this chap and instead pays him £15M...

Justice for Madeleine McCann

Posted on May 25, 2008
Justice for Madeleine McCann

McCanns "accept" returning to Portugal

Posted on May 24, 2008
McCanns "accept" returning to PortugalI have difficulty with this story.Basically, the McCanns are claiming, through their spokesman Clarence Mitchell, that they are willing to personally attend a reconstruction in Portugal, but because their friends are less than keen to assist the reconstruction, therefore the McCanns say the reconstruction is unlikely to occur...

Paedophile gang jailed over abuse

Posted on May 24, 2008
Paedophile gang jailed over abuse"Members of a paedophile gang have been jailed for a string of child sex offences against British boys in the UK and abroad"."The Marshalls would persuade the boys' parents they would look after their sons on holidays with Melling at various locations in and out of the UK"...

Hull City promoted to Premier League

Posted on May 24, 2008
Hull City promoted to Premier League"A Dean Windass wonder goal has seen Hull City promoted to the Premier League.His goal against Bristol City on 37 minutes secured the team's rise to the top flight.And as the final whistle at Wembley was blown Tiger's fans started their celebrations".

Madeleine: The McCanns don't miss you at all

Posted on May 24, 2008
Madeleine: The McCanns don't miss you at all

Hull cannabis factory raided by police

Posted on May 24, 2008
Hull cannabis factory raided by policeSee the Look North video of the story here.I like the bit about the growers being good neighbours.May be they just took gardening plants to the extreme when they grow them in every room of the house as well as in the garden!

McCanns to be charged

Posted on May 23, 2008
McCanns to be chargedThe Portuguese newspaper 24 Hours is reporting that if the McCanns and the rest of the Tapas 9 fail to return to Portugal to take part in a reconstruction of May 3 2007, then the McCanns will be prosecuted for gross negligence for their part in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine...

Prison for speeding V-sign biker

Posted on May 23, 2008
Prison for speeding V-sign biker"A motorcyclist who stuck two fingers up at a speed camera as he raced at up to three times the limit has been jailed"."The camera caught him speeding 65 times at up to 88mph in a 30mph zone".The problem with this is that he will serve 12 months out of the 18 months sentence, and given that he has been banned from driving for 12 months this rather defeats the object because he cannot ride his motorbike whilst in custody...

Florida mother jailed for caging son

Posted on May 23, 2008
Florida mother jailed for caging son"A Florida mother has been jailed for 20 years for keeping her teenage adopted son in a cage.The 17-year-old weighed 22kg (3st 7lb) when child welfare workers found him in 2005".I think this is called making the sentence fit the crime...

Judge keeps his job after inquiry into love triangle

Posted on May 23, 2008
Judge keeps his job after inquiry into love triangle"An immigration judge who had an affair with his illegally employed "chilli hot stuff" cleaner will keep his £110,000-a-year job".What another waste of money!

Police spend £40m on 'spin doctors'

Posted on May 23, 2008
Police spend £40m on 'spin doctors'"Police forces are spending £40 million a year on press officers, it emerged yesterday, which could pay for 1,400 extra constables on the beat".And what is the message that is worth £40M? This, the country: "not only is safer, but feels safer, too"...

As a mother

Posted on May 23, 2008
As a motherPdf version here.

Man jailed for 'coaching abusers'

Posted on May 23, 2008
Man jailed for 'coaching abusers'"A paedophile who coached other men over the internet on how to abuse children has been jailed indefinitely".

Sign of the times?

Posted on May 22, 2008
Sign of the times?Gay bar row over 'straight' signA complaint has been made to police over a banner declaring a former gay bar in Sunderland city centre has now gone "straight".This is a queer one. It is ok to advertise a bar as gay, but it is not ok to advertise a former gay bar as straight? I thought the opposite of gay is straight? If advertising as gay is not offensive, I fail to see how advertising as straight is offensive...

Police camera action

Posted on May 22, 2008
Police camera action"A senior police officer arrested a man in the street after spotting him acting suspiciously while giving a media interview about drug raids".

Couple charged with neglect after girl aged seven dies in hospital

Posted on May 22, 2008
Couple charged with neglect after girl aged seven dies in hospitalI just find it incredible in this day and age that a 7 year old child can be starved to death over a period of 3 months, and yet nobody in the local community of at school noticed anything wrong...

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