International Law

Prisoners voting rights in Hong Kong

Posted on February 09, 2009
Prisoners voting rights in Hong KongOn 18 December 2008, I reported on this development.Less than 2 months later, I can report that the Chinese authorities have leaped in front of the UK on the human rights issue of prisoner voting...Article in fullViews sought on prisoner voting rightsThe Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau is seeking public views on three proposals on prisoner voting rights until March 23...

Political cartoon

Posted on February 09, 2009
Political cartoonHat-Tip to and stolen from Guido' blog

Prisoners demand right to be fathers after landmark European ruling

Posted on February 09, 2009
Prisoners demand right to be fathers after landmark European rulingSix prisoners in British jails have applied to have children with their partners following a landmark European court ruling that their human rights would be breached if they are prevented from becoming fathers...

Rehabilitation a distant second

Posted on February 09, 2009
Rehabilitation a distant secondBy: John Bowden - HMP GlenochilJohn Bowden wonders why the Ministry of Justice does not get into step with the Scottish Prison Service and provide a more integrated system of training opportunities for prisoners.Some of you reading this piece will be about to go to or possibly have just been to your prison employment...

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Probation officers ? friend or foe?

Posted on February 09, 2009
Probation officers ? friend or foe?By: Charles Hanson - HMP Blantyre HouseLifer Charles Hanson looks at the modern role of probation and how it has become more punitive and bound up in bureaucracy.The general perception of the public, and certainly the media, is that probation officers fit into the category of those who are more concerned with offenders than their victims...

Gordon Brown in comic strip tease

Posted on February 08, 2009
Gordon Brown in comic strip tease Click on image to enlarge Hat-tip to and stolen from Ron.

Ministry of Justice announces prison overcrowding eased by one vacancy

Posted on February 08, 2009
Ministry of Justice announces prison overcrowding eased by one vacancyInmate found hanged in jail cellA prisoner has been found hanged in his cell at HMP Manchester, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has confirmed.Trevor Ramsey, 35, was on remand after being convicted of being in possession of drugs with intent to supply...

Harriet the harridan plays Ms Piggy

Posted on February 08, 2009
Harriet the harridan plays Ms PiggyHome Secretary Jacqui Smith has denied breaking any rules by claiming "second home" expenses for the house she shares with her husband and children.Why are the taxpayers being burdened by this harridan's life style of luxury? A house in Redditch, a house in her constituency in the West Midlands, and sharing her sister's house in London...

Fed up

Posted on February 08, 2009
Fed upI feel full now, having just had breakfast; sausages x 2, eggs x2, bacon x 3, toast x 2, and a mug of Nescafe coffee.Sorry Rocky. There was only the grease left on the plate and cutlery for him to lick up. I made a mental note to treat him to a full English one day...

Mental post-it notes and inanimate things

Posted on February 08, 2009
Mental post-it notes and inanimate thingsAs I ran my bath last night, I thought about my long toenails and that they really, really did need clipping because they are curling under. So, I placed my pair of nail clippers on top of my pile of clean clothes to remind me to use them when I got out of the bath...

Former barrister jailed for fraud

Posted on February 07, 2009
Former barrister jailed for fraudA former barrister who fled the UK just before being convicted of fraud has been jailed for three years after being extradited from France.Carol Castell von Castell was found guilty in her absence in 2006 of an £80,000 insurance swindle...

It's a case like this which gives compensation culture a bad name

Posted on February 07, 2009
It's a case like this which gives compensation culture a bad nameTeacher's £280,000 for attack by boy, 13Woman left in pain and suffering flashbacks after assault at special school wins second-highest awardPost Traumatic Stress Disorder? What about the soldiers genuinely injured in Iraq?

News cartoons

Posted on February 07, 2009
News cartoons

2 pints of milk and a packet of cannabis please

Posted on February 07, 2009
2 pints of milk and a packet of cannabis pleaseMilkman delivered cannabis to pensionersA milkman delivered cannabis to elderly pensioners on his rounds to help ease their "aches and pains", a court has heard.This explains why Ernie was the fastest milkman in the West!

Muslim prisoners at top security jail double in two years

Posted on February 07, 2009
Muslim prisoners at top security jail double in two years Islamic terrorists and other Muslim prisoners at one of Britain's highest security jails have almost doubled in number in the past two years, according to new figures. The population of Muslim inmates at Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire has risen from 73 in 2006 to 140 last year - representing around a third of all prisoners...

Thatchers to emigrate

Posted on February 07, 2009
Thatchers to emigrateExclusive: In the wake of the BBC attacks it can be revealed that the Thatchers intend to flee the country and ride off into the sunset. Sir Mark Thatcher will be driving. Margaret Thatcher is a former Prime Minister, and was born on 13 October 1925...

As a dog lover I am appalled at this tragedy...

Posted on February 07, 2009
As a dog lover I am appalled at this tragedy...A baby is allegedly mauled to death by dogsA three month old baby boy has died after being viciously attacked by two family dogs while in the care of his grandmother.Comment:...But let us not overreact. Particularly, the anti-dog lobby.

CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US

Posted on February 07, 2009
CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US Barack Obama has been warned by the CIA that British Islamist extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland security. "They believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under the visa waiver programme is the most likely source of another terrorist spectacular on American soil"...

Oh Carol you are but a fool

Posted on February 07, 2009
Oh Carol you are but a foolA John and Ron production.

Inside Time: A review of February 2009 issue

Posted on February 07, 2009
Inside Time: A review of February 2009 issueFront page: Headline article "Whatever happened to the idea of a 'through the gate' service?" by John Roberts (editorofsorts). Fair play to John for asking some rather forward and embarrassing questions for Phil Wheatley, Director General of NOMS, to answer...

Why throw away a good pair of shoes when you can throw them at a politician instead?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Why throw away a good pair of shoes when you can throw them at a politician instead?This pair should be in the stocks...And pelted with some of these from this stock pile...

Is this the kind of government we want?

Posted on February 06, 2009
Is this the kind of government we want?Ministers 'misled' judges over torture evidence"Evidence that a British resident was tortured before being flown to Guantanamo Bay may yet see the light of day after senior judges hearing the case were told yesterday they had been misled by the Government"...

The morning after...

Posted on February 06, 2009
The morning after...I am a bit tender this morning. The party started just before 6pm and went on until 1am. Kestrel Super cans litter my study/bedroom. I remember saying at one stage that the ganga was good shit. There were times when I found that communication was getting through and being received, it seemed as though we had gone to another level...

Nigger in the wood pile

Posted on February 05, 2009
Nigger in the wood pileTorture row: David Miliband denies US threatened to stop sharing intelligence?We never condone or authorise the use of torture,? he said.I said: Liar. Liar."Mr Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, faced calls to make a statement to Parliament today on the treatment of Mr Mohamed"...

Beau D' Or kiss my and RonKnee's arse We are class

Posted on February 05, 2009
Beau D' Or kiss my and RonKnee's arse We are classA John and Ron Knee Productionsave for the last one which is all the brain child of Ron.

The weekend starts early in Hull

Posted on February 05, 2009
The weekend starts early in HullThursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday it's just one long pub crawl along Beverley Road. It used to be mainly the yoofs and students with a few oldies thrown in. Now the Eastern Bloc have added the Polish, Russian, Latvians etc into the mix of drunken revelers...

Tomorrow

Posted on February 04, 2009
Tomorrow

Should Europe take in Guantanamo prisoners?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Should Europe take in Guantanamo prisoners?One of President Obama's first acts was to order the closure of the Guantanamo camp in Cuba. The question now is where the inmates will go. European leaders are still debating whether to take any detainees. MEPs will debate the issue Tuesday afternoon from 1500 CET...

Methinks I need to bring you all along with me on this

Posted on February 04, 2009
Methinks I need to bring you all along with me on thisThoughtsOne of the problems for me coming out of prison is leaving prisoners behind - those I have fought for whilst behind bars.A problem for me in the world outside of prison - is that my creative thinking leaves any trying to follow my thought trail behind...

Is Iain Dale's dog also gay?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Is Iain Dale's dog also gay?Notice the limp wrist...My dog Rocky would eat Dale's dog for breakfast...Although I am wondering if he also has Asperger's Syndrome. It is said that dogs take after their owners.

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