Tag Archives: law
Computer love
The internet has taken an awful lot of flak lately, accused of all sorts from murder to drug dealing via rampant piracy. It is little wonder that our brave Government feels the need to rush in and DO SOMETHING before … Continue reading
Roll up, roll up…
… we haven’t had a good drug panic for a few years*, so it was obviously slightly overdue. Hearing the calls for a ban on mephedrone instantly recalled the Simpson’s Maude Flanders: There is also a delicious irony, which you … Continue reading
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Suffer, little children
If you should find yourself musing on the immigration question this election-tide and wondering if we are, in fact, in danger of being swamped, seen as a soft touch or provider of free swan burgers to all the world’s poor … Continue reading
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Some animals are more equal
Just when I thought all the residual anger I could muster had been squeezed from the MPs expenses scandal, along came some of our ever-so-unHonourable Members to remind me that I am still angry enough to head down to Westminster with some … Continue reading
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Questions
Questions that MUST be answered regarding the return to jail of Jon Venables, co-murderer of 2-year-old James Bulger: 1. Does the public’s the tabloid editor’s right to know supercede the importance of not prejudice a pending hearing? 2. Does this … Continue reading
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Press Freedom 1, Pampered Millionaires 0
It is possible that you are reaching the stage of having no further interest in any of the details of just how appallingly John Terry can behave towards the women daft enough to sleep with him. You may be struggling … Continue reading
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Justice League
I wrote earlier that Amir Choudhary was ‘wrong, plain wrong’ and was rightly called up on it by this bloke over here in the comments. Rightly because, in one important aspect, Mr Choudhary is right, for reminding us of the … Continue reading
The offence of being cocky
I suspect that some Police Community Support Officers (PSCOs) might need retraining if, as demonstrated in this Guardian video, they believe that being “cocky” is now an offence and justification for arrest. Italian student Simona Bonomo was stopped under anti-terrorism legislation for filming buildings … Continue reading
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Ross Kemp: Middle East
If you were disturbed last night by a noise you couldn’t identify, it was probably the wailing and gnashing of teeth of those who would consider themselves proper, serious journalists, having just watched the Ross Kemp documentary on Israel. The … Continue reading
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The Rewrite Squad
So today The Times struck a blow for openness and honesty in public life, with a blistering exposé of… an anonymous detective constable who had been writing an often amusing blog about the trials of modern policing. Blogger ‘NightJack’ had … Continue reading
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