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British justice: a family ruined

Posted on February 21, 2008
British justice: a family ruinedA chilling example of our secret State where a mother and child are forced into hiding

Robber's death could lead to murder charge

Posted on February 21, 2008
Robber's death could lead to murder charge"A shopkeeper could be charged with murder after defending himself against an armed robber who was killed by his own knife, police said yesterday".It beggars belief that the police could even think of sending the papers to the CPS for a decision whether to prosecute in this case...

'Criminal abuse' of expenses by Euro-MPs

Posted on February 21, 2008
'Criminal abuse' of expenses by Euro-MPs"A secret European Parliament report has uncovered "extensive, widespread and criminal abuse" by Euro-MPs of staff allowances worth almost £100 million a year".What this case highlights is that the case of Derek Conway was just the tip of the iceberg.

David Miliband misled Parliament and the public in his statement to the House of Commons on US "extraordinary-rendition" flights

Posted on February 21, 2008
David Miliband misled Parliament and the public in his statement to the House of Commons on US "extraordinary-rendition" flightsIn the first place, David Miliband used the term rendition: "I would like to make a statement on US rendition operations"...

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US lied to UK over state sponsored kidnapping

Posted on February 21, 2008
US lied to UK over state sponsored kidnappingThe Central Intelligence Agency, amongst other things, is an intelligence gathering department. In 2002, the CIA kidnapped 2 foreign nationals to fly them to Guantanamo Bay. The planes transporting them "landed on the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia" to refuel...

Killer admits murder of prisoner

Posted on February 21, 2008
Killer admits murder of prisoner"A killer has admitted murdering a fellow inmate while on remand at Scotland's only private prison".

Gazza nutted off

Posted on February 21, 2008
Gazza nutted off"Troubled ex-England football star Paul Gascoigne has been arrested in his home town of Newcastle and sectioned under the Mental Health Act".

BNP bully Paul Staines/Guido Fawkes knocked out by Tim Ireland at Bloggerheads

Posted on February 20, 2008
BNP bully Paul Staines/Guido Fawkes knocked out by Tim Ireland at BloggerheadsIn the red corner we have Tim Ireland who has recently battled Iain Dale, Dizzy Thinks, Shane Greer and Donal Blaney.And in the blue corner we have twice loser on Newsnight...

LibDems lurch to the Right of the Tories in demand that prisoners pay tax

Posted on February 20, 2008
LibDems lurch to the Right of the Tories in demand that prisoners pay taxBTW, Cherie Blair supports prisoners to get the minimum wageI don't know how I missed this story on Sunday, but here it is belatedly."CHERIE BLAIR, wife of the former prime minister, is leading a drive for prisoners to earn up to £10,000 a year doing work in jail for firms which are household names"...

Mother arrested for having coffee in Starbucks

Posted on February 20, 2008
Mother arrested for having coffee in Starbucks"An American businesswoman is fearing for her life after she was arrested for having a coffee with a male workmate in a Starbucks in Saudi Arabia".And this is the country that Tony Blair rolled over and let blackmail us in relation to the BAE/Saudi arms scandal? In effect, Tony Blair put sharia law above English law.

Gambler sues bookies for £2m loss

Posted on February 20, 2008
Gambler sues bookies for £2m loss"A compulsive gambler who lost more than £2m, has begun legal action against bookmaker William Hill".He's just trying to recoup his losses. I bet he loses this one as well!

Lost data lets killers roam free for a year

Posted on February 20, 2008
Lost data lets killers roam free for a yearWanted murderers and rapists were allowed to commit crimes for a year after prosecutors lost a disc containing 4,000 DNA profiles, it has emerged.Something inside me wanted to scream I DON'T BELIEVE IT! when I read this...

Violent criminals calmed by scent of oranges

Posted on February 20, 2008
Violent criminals calmed by scent of oranges"Hardened criminals in the Netherlands become less aggressive and have fewer fights when exposed to the scent of oranges, a study has found.Rotterdam police said the four week study suggested that criminals, many of them violent drug pushers, are calmer and more malleable when the perfumes are circulated through cell air vents...

Why was a Tory MP stoned driving around a housing estate at midnight looking for under aged children who had been drinking?

Posted on February 20, 2008
Why was a Tory MP stoned driving around a housing estate at midnight looking for under aged children who had been drinking? Mr Elwood, one half of the Blues Brothers, moonlights to supplement his income by doing gigs.

Labour's smacking laws could be 'unworkable'

Posted on February 20, 2008
Labour's smacking laws could be 'unworkable'"Senior judges want parents who are taken to court for smacking their children to be treated leniently.A mother or father who does not intend to hurt their child should get only light sentences, new advice for the courts is expected to say...

The mad Arab and the prostitute princess Diana and the pervert judge

Posted on February 19, 2008
The mad Arab and the prostitute princess Diana and the pervert judgeI think it is one thing to hold an inquest to establish the circumstances surrounding a person's death, and quite another to allow an abuse of process to take place and turn the process into a production line churning out garbage to feed the media...

Pcs' 'squabble' over police van

Posted on February 19, 2008
Pcs' 'squabble' over police van"A police officer punched a colleague in the face following a "petty squabble" over who was going to drive a force van, Newport Crown Court has heard"."Pc Emerson-Thomas wanted first go in the van because it was fitted with a new radio, the jury was told"...

SUCK MY DICK FUCK FACE - No charge

Posted on February 19, 2008
SUCK MY DICK FUCK FACE - No chargeWhy nobody should eat in Joe Delucci's Italian restaurant in Bird Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire."A restaurant owner has apologised after diners had their very own F word experience - without Gordon Ramsay".I am sorry, but the apology is not good enough...

Killer flees from security guards

Posted on February 19, 2008
Killer flees from security guards"A "extremely dangerous" prisoner is on the run after threatening security guards while being treated in hospital".Sorry, but if he is deemed to be "extremely dangerous", then why was his security cover so low? I suspect it was a two guard escort...

Jail move over open-ended terms

Posted on February 19, 2008
Jail move over open-ended terms"Prisoners on a type of open-ended sentence in England and Wales are being moved to lower-security prisons, to try to ease pressures in the system".

Tory blogger Iain Dale caught exposing himself

Posted on February 19, 2008
Tory blogger Iain Dale caught exposing himselfThe homosexual Tory blogger Iain Dale has been caught exposing himself in public for what he is in private. This is Iain Dale's blog. If you follow the link you will note that just under the header there are a series of links which take you to other pages on the blog, for example, Rules...

Comedy of terrors

Posted on February 19, 2008
Comedy of terrors"Five men have been convicted for being part of an alleged terrorist cell in Birmingham. The group's leader has been jailed for life".It does not help our overcrowded prisons crisis to jail people for life for thoughts. This was not even a victim less crime...

Seeking solitary: prison gang wars force fearful inmates to plead for segregation

Posted on February 18, 2008
Seeking solitary: prison gang wars force fearful inmates to plead for segregation"The segregation units in Britain's high security prisons used to be full of prisoners being punished for breaking the rules or being held in solitary because they were too dangerous to mix with others...

Prison staff strike threat halted

Posted on February 18, 2008
Prison staff strike threat halted"An injunction stopping prison officers from taking industrial action has been continued by a high court judge".

I spent a penny and found a pound

Posted on February 17, 2008
I spent a penny and found a poundI went to visit my friend the judge this morning, to scrounge £20 for the gas because it ran out sometime between 6 and 9 this morning, and the temperature last night was -3 degrees. I don't normally drink whisky and ginger ale so early in the day but as it was free I poured myself a triple...

You can go for miles and miles and miles...

Posted on February 17, 2008
You can go for miles and miles and miles...According to Michael Martin, like Derek Conway before him, charity begins at home. That is, "Ministers are banned from using air miles accrued on official trips, and are expected to put them towards reducing the cost of future ministerial travel or donate them to charity".

David Cameron: "I agree with Bush waterboarding is not torture"

Posted on February 17, 2008
David Cameron: "I agree with Bush waterboarding is not torture"Is David Cameron hiding his manboobs from the paparazzi?Guantanamo Bay Watch?Photo: Daily Mail

Gerry McCann:" Why doesn't anybody believe us?"

Posted on February 17, 2008
Gerry McCann:" Why doesn't anybody believe us?"Hat-Tip to Noclue.

Former hunger striker Hughes dies

Posted on February 17, 2008
Former hunger striker Hughes dies"The former hunger striker and IRA commander Brendan Hughes has died in hospital".

These catch-all terror laws are killing off British justice

Posted on February 17, 2008
These catch-all terror laws are killing off British justice"Slowly, oh so slowly, Britain?s judges are rescuing Britain?s values from the depths to which Tony Blair and his home secretaries plunged them in the knee-jerk response to terrorism. The acts passed by Jack Straw, David Blunkett and Charles Clarke from 2000 onwards did not create a British Guantanamo Bay, but they did signal a shocking collapse in British justice...

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