International Law

23 votes sinks the $700bn bail out

Posted on September 29, 2008
23 votes sinks the $700bn bail outA White House spokesman said that President George W Bush was "very disappointed" by the vote's result.As if reading from the same script...Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the voting down of a $700bn (£380bn) bill in the US aimed at bailing out Wall Street was "very disappointing".

Tory Party delegates go ape over bananas

Posted on September 29, 2008
Tory Party delegates go ape over bananasBananas, with a sticker of Labour's foreign secretary David Miliband on them, are given away to delegates at the Conservative Party conferencePicture: GETTYThe delegates at the Conservative Party conference

Arsenal Wenger sick as a parrot over Hull City victory

Posted on September 29, 2008
Arsenal Wenger sick as a parrot over Hull City victoryArsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims his team's Premier League defeat against Hull on Saturday left him feeling physically sick.

Gary Glitter banned from travelling to France and Spain

Posted on September 29, 2008
Gary Glitter banned from travelling to France and SpainGary Glitter has been banned from travelling to France and Spain, after police applied to the courts for a prevention order.He is free to travel. They are free to refuse him entry into their countries...

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Autumn in Pearson Park

Posted on September 29, 2008
Autumn in Pearson Park

Who does this remind you of?

Posted on September 29, 2008
Who does this remind you of?

Stolen Playstation games taken again from police depot

Posted on September 29, 2008
Stolen Playstation games taken again from police depotThieves launched a raid worthy of Grand Theft Auto when they reclaimed confiscated Playstation 3 games from a secure police depot just hours after they were seized.Obviously it wasn't "secure"...

Sniper kills prisoner from outside jail

Posted on September 29, 2008
Sniper kills prisoner from outside jailA sniper in France has shot dead a prisoner from a hill outside the compound, in the first such murder in French prison history.I recall there was a helicopter escape from a prison in France, and then there was the helicopter escape from Gartree prison in Leicestershire...

Heron catches rabbit: Dramatic photos

Posted on September 29, 2008
Heron catches rabbit: Dramatic photos"Enjoying a leisurely wade in the waters of the Dutch undergrowth this grey heron decided to go in search of lunch when he came across this unsuspecting black rabbit.Undeterred by its size, the grey heron, the largest bird of its kind in Europe, swooped down and gobbled the rabbit up in one mouthful, as these pictures show"...

Cadbury recalls Chinese chocolates over contamination fears

Posted on September 29, 2008
Cadbury recalls Chinese chocolates over contamination fearsCadbury, the British sweet maker, has recalled all its China-made chocolates after tests "cast doubt" on their safety.If Cadbury is a British sweet maker how come it is making them in China for the British market? Profiting out of poisoning kids? It's a scandal...

A pair of wank managers...

Posted on September 28, 2008
A pair of wank managers......as Jonathan Ross would say.Hat-Tip to RonKnee.

Inmate assaults Darwin in prison

Posted on September 28, 2008
Inmate assaults Darwin in prisonBack-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has been assaulted in prison.The 58-year-old former prison warden, from Teesside, was attacked by a prisoner after being moved in September to Everthorpe jail in East Yorkshire.

Revealed: the Conservatives' secret millions

Posted on September 28, 2008
Revealed: the Conservatives' secret millionsAll credit to the BBC cameraman on the Andrew Marr Show who gave us a shot from Birmingham showing a sign saying Conservatives and beneath this it said phony Hall. I think it sums it upAs Andrew Marr announced he would be speaking live to David Cameron, I realised I had more important things to do...

New mental health powers threaten rights, claim lawyers

Posted on September 28, 2008
New mental health powers threaten rights, claim lawyersLawyers are lining up to challenge the legality of the new Mental Health Act as fears about the imminent new powers grow among patients."People in England and Wales deserve a mental health law based on civil liberties rather than one based on 1950s principles of locking people up".

Pearson Park up for sale?

Posted on September 28, 2008
Pearson Park up for sale?I can reveal that the cash strapped LibDem controlled Hull City Council are secretly planning to sell off Pearson Park...Either that or some drunken revellers decided to play a prank last night.

Prison for 'crime show' burglar

Posted on September 27, 2008
Prison for 'crime show' burglarA prolific burglar who admitted committing nearly 400 robberies in Nottinghamshire has been given a 12-year jail sentence.More here."Police said they first spotted a pattern to a series of burglaries at well-secured houses more than four years ago...

Asbo OAP 'will appeal home ban'

Posted on September 27, 2008
Asbo OAP 'will appeal home ban'An 82-year-old pensioner banned from her home after being handed a second antisocial behaviour order is set to appeal, her daughter has insisted.I find it hard to accept that the only remedy is an either or solution "The judge said the only alternative to the order would be a lengthy prison sentence".

Council 'quacks down' over prison threat letter

Posted on September 27, 2008
Council 'quacks down' over prison threat letterApology for duck feed jail threatA council has apologised after threatening elderly residents with eviction and even prison for feeding ducks outside their homes.More here.I should imagine that the council letter had the effect of terrorising OAPs more effectively than Osama Bin Laden...

'It's better that 10 guilty men go free than one innocent man be wrongly convicted'

Posted on September 27, 2008
'It's better that 10 guilty men go free than one innocent man be wrongly convicted'Judges should order more retrials over unsafe convictions, says criminal review chiefThe country's top appeal judges are failing to correct miscarriages of justice where they suspect the jury has come to a wrong verdict, the head of the body charged with investigating wrongful convictions has warned...

Kiefer Sutherland: how prison changed me

Posted on September 27, 2008
Kiefer Sutherland: how prison changed meKiefer Sutherland found stardom as 24?s Jack Bauer, but years of hellraising culminated in him spending last Christmas in an LA prisonIt is, perhaps, to Kiefer Sutherland?s great credit (and also rather ironic) that even though his latest film is called Mirrors, he isn?t a fan of them...

Hull City kicks them up the Arsenal

Posted on September 27, 2008
Hull City kicks them up the ArsenalArsenal relinquished top spot in the Premier League as Hull came from behind to pull off a sensational 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium.A Paul McShane own goal, five minutes after the break, gave the hosts the lead but Geovanni equalised 12 minutes later with a stunning strike before Daniel Cousin headed home the winner after 66 minutes...

Cool Hand Luke has escaped

Posted on September 27, 2008
Cool Hand Luke has escapedPaul Newman, who has died aged 83, was a Hollywood actor of true star quality, who remained at the top of his profession for more than 40 years.

How to cut your energy bills

Posted on September 27, 2008
How to cut your energy bills"Householders will have to economise on lighting and heating as fuel bills soar this winter - and the Government's new package will do little to help".Gordon Brown unveiled plans to help households with rising energy bills but many experts warn people not to put their trust in politicians and to act now to beat the winter blues...

Bloggers given new Ten Commandments by church leaders

Posted on September 27, 2008
Bloggers given new Ten Commandments by church leadersTen commandments for bloggers:1 You shall not put your blog before your integrity2 You shall not make an idol of your blog3 You shall not misuse your screen name by using your anonymity to sin4 Remember the Sabbath day by taking one day off a week from your blog5 Honour your fellow-bloggers above yourselves and do not give undue significance to their mistakes6 You shall not murder someone else's honour, reputation or feelings7 You shall not use the web to commit or permit adultery in your mind8 You shall not steal another person's content9 You shall not give false testimony against your fellow-blogger10 You shall not covet your neighbour's blog ranking...

Thank heaven for little girls?

Posted on September 26, 2008
Thank heaven for little girls?It is not surprising that the Evangelist Tony Alamo has caused the authorities in America to be concerned. It would appear that no young girl is safe in his company when he expresses this view "Consent is puberty".In spite of the seriousness of the story, I allowed myself a little laugh when I discovered that Tony Alamo's organisation the Christian Ministries has its HQ in a place called tiny Fouke, Arkansas.

So fucking what?

Posted on September 26, 2008
So fucking what?Cleric Omar Bakri?s daughter is a pole dancerI would question this story's newsworthiness for The Sun. Even more questionable that The Daily Telegraph has been raking in the gutter to find and print this story.Exclusive: Next week, radical cleric's daughter's great aunt has a wart on her bum.

Tories form a knitting circle

Posted on September 26, 2008
Tories form a knitting circleI could not but help notice from some of the Tory blogs that the Tory Party has launched a new website and has also launched a new blog. Apparently, The Blue Blog name was chosen following a competition. Full marks go for originality...

20 best animal photos

Posted on September 25, 2008
20 best animal photosLions, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. By Matt Copin of Maidstone, Kent Galapagos Sea Lion. By Jim MacDonald of Andover, Hants Butterfly in Borneo. By June Hindley of Northwich, CheshireDusky Dolphin off coast of Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand...

Immigrant Detector card scheme

Posted on September 25, 2008
Immigrant Detector card scheme"Ministers argue that the cards will prevent illegal immigration and employment because border officials and employers will be able to check what a migrant is entitled to".In South Africa the system of apartheid was an extension of Nazi racial method and Jacqui Smith's ID card scheme is an extension of apartheid.

Prison treats over 18 as kids and under 18 as adults

Posted on September 25, 2008
Prison treats over 18 as kids and under 18 as adultsThe issue here is not whether prisoners should be allowed playstations. Rather, there are two side issues. The first relates to the issue of Prison Service Instruction 32/08. It advises prison governors that only those prisoners who are at enhanced level may have playstations and console games...

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