International Law

McCanns have become figures of fun

Posted on July 06, 2008
McCanns have become figures of funSatire photo by Dixon Cox on the 3As forum.

Hand job or pump action?

Posted on July 06, 2008
Hand job or pump action?You mean like this George?Photo: and story conservativehome.

The expenses vote is an own-goal for parliament

Posted on July 05, 2008
The expenses vote is an own-goal for parliamentMPs may have voted against vital reforms to their expenses regime because of the small print. They will live to regret itThe decision by MPs to throw out controversial reforms for second home allowances will go down as one of the biggest own goals by parliament...

Speedgun King sacked as 500 motorists escape speeding fines

Posted on July 05, 2008
Speedgun King sacked as 500 motorists escape speeding finesA police camera operator nicknamed the "Speedgun King" has been sacked after his force found it had issued 500 tickets in error.This case highlights the dangers of having to meet targets and the methods employed to reach them...

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Convicted prisoners and the franchise

Posted on July 05, 2008
Convicted prisoners and the franchiseStandard Note:SN/PC/01764Last updated:11 June 2008Author:Isobel WhiteParliament and Constitution CentreThis standard note looks at the current position regarding convicted prisoners and the franchise. Following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on 6 October 2005 that the UK?s current ban on all serving prisoners from voting contravenes Article 3 of Protocol No 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Government decided to publish a consultation document on options for a change in policy...

Like two peas in a podcast...

Posted on July 05, 2008
Like two peas in a podcast...Following on from this post, Charon QC who writes a law blawg has done a podcast interview with me and the link is provided here.

Holiday-maker Iayn Dobsyn stunned to get £31,500 mobile phone bill

Posted on July 04, 2008
Holiday-maker Iayn Dobsyn stunned to get £31,500 mobile phone billA holiday-maker was shocked to receive a £31,500 mobile phone bill after downloading his favourite television show Prison Break.Sad git! I recall doing a review of Prison Break for the Times...

Something for the Weekend

Posted on July 04, 2008
Something for the WeekendAnd for our American friends who are a bit slower than us and being a day behind...I present a 4th of July speech.

A Song For Tim Ireland - Move On

Posted on July 04, 2008
A Song For Tim Ireland - Move On

Criminal Justice is the biggest pile of crap since Prison Break

Posted on July 04, 2008
Criminal Justice is the biggest pile of crap since Prison BreakCharon QC emailed me this morning to see if I had been watching the BBC drama Criminal Justice, and whether I would like to do a podcast with him on the accuracy or otherwise of the drama and other matters...

Tesco price rises every lot helps profits

Posted on July 04, 2008
Tesco price rises every lot helps profitsI'm fuming. I just took Rocky for his afternoon walk, and on the way back I popped into Tesco Express. I bought a large tin of Winalot @ £1.25 for Rocky (I will probably have to force feed him as he generally turns his nose up at tinned dog food)...

John Lewis department store sales plunge 8.3%

Posted on July 04, 2008
John Lewis department store sales plunge 8.3%Evidence that shoppers are deserting the high street continued today as John Lewis said that sales in its department stores had fallen by the biggest amount for three years.Don't worry John Lewis, help is on the way...

Mounted policeman on sex charges

Posted on July 04, 2008
Mounted policeman on sex chargesThe head of a police force's mounted section abused his position of authority to grope and abuse members of the public and other police officers, a court has heard.I think this is what is meant by horsing about...

MPs vote to keep stealing whilst denying prisoners the right to vote

Posted on July 03, 2008
MPs vote to keep stealing whilst denying prisoners the right to voteI am absolutely livid that MPs have voted to keep the controversial expenses system. This is not democracy at work. The voting creates that impression. However, it is rather like Fagin in Oliver Twist asking the pickpockets for a show of hands to go out thieving...

LibDem MP in idiotic publicity stunt: He opposes killer's early release

Posted on July 03, 2008
LibDem MP in idiotic publicity stunt: He opposes killer's early releaseA campaign to keep the killer of a South Gloucestershire pub landlord in prison has been taken to parliament.Is this idiotic LibDem MP attempting to pervert the course of justice? This is not a matter for Parliament...

U Turn: Man 'linked to Bin Laden' freed

Posted on July 03, 2008
U Turn: Man 'linked to Bin Laden' freedA terror suspect said to have "direct links" with Osama Bin Laden has been freed on bail, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) has said.The Algerian, who can be identified only as "U", has been released from Long Lartin high-security prison, in Worcestershire...

MPs to vote on awarding themselves pay rise

Posted on July 03, 2008
MPs to vote on awarding themselves pay riseMPs are to vote on whether they should award themselves an above inflation pay rise or back Gordon Brown's call for restraint.I would rather they did the right thing and vote upon allowing convicted prisoners their human right, in a so-called democracy, to the vote...

Guantanamo Bay interrogations based on faulty Chinese communist methods

Posted on July 02, 2008
Guantanamo Bay interrogations based on faulty Chinese communist methodsInterrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay were based on Chinese communist methods which obtained false confessions from captured US pilots in the Korean War.American military trainers gave a class to camp interrogators in 2002 on how to use "sleep deprivation", "exposure" and other "torture" methods to reduce captives to "animals" and obtain information...

US talk radio host Rush Limbaugh signs $400m contract

Posted on July 02, 2008
US talk radio host Rush Limbaugh signs $400m contractRush Limbaugh, the conservative political commentator, has signed a record-breaking $400 million (£200m) eight-year contract to continue to present his talk show on American radio.Eat your heart out Wonathan Woss...

Farmer who worked for free stripped of £2m estate

Posted on July 02, 2008
Farmer who worked for free stripped of £2m estateA farmer who worked on a relative's land unpaid for 30 years in the expectation he would one day inherit the £2.1 million estate has had the property taken away from him by appeal judges.Perhaps he should now sue the estate for his 30 years of back pay owed to him?

Arise Sir Keith Vaz?

Posted on July 02, 2008
Arise Sir Keith Vaz?Talk about cash for honours, now we have honours for selling out. Or, supporting terrorists, if you like.I remember that Keith Vaz's name was linked to a Care Home in Leicester at the time of this scandal.

Ironed Sardine instead of a can of worms

Posted on July 02, 2008
Ironed Sardine instead of a can of wormsNow and again I will link to Dizzy Thinks, usually to slag him off, occasionally, like Bob Piper, if Dizzy Thinks posts something too good not to cross Left/Right lines, then credit where credit is due, I will praise him...

Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judge

Posted on July 02, 2008
Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judgeLabour's tough stance on immigration may have forced courts to send asylum-seekers back to their home countries to face "torture or death", one of the most senior judges in England and Wales has warned...

Nelson Mandela removed from US terror list

Posted on July 02, 2008
Nelson Mandela removed from US terror listNelson Mandela and his African National Congress party have been removed from the US terror watch list."George W Bush signed the bill in time for the Nobel Peace Prize winner's 90th birthday on July 18. Ronald Reagan had originally placed the ANC on the list in the 1980s"...

McCanns to get away with murder

Posted on July 01, 2008
McCanns to get away with murderApparently, Gerry and Kate McCann are not to be charged with any offences in relation to the disappearance of their 3 year old daughter Madeleine. From the outset it looked as if a charge of manslaughter rather than murder would have been brought...

Inmate deportations increase 22%

Posted on July 01, 2008
Inmate deportations increase 22%A record number of foreign criminals have been removed from the UK in the first six months of this year, according to figures.

When prison works...

Posted on July 01, 2008
When prison works...Sir Richard Branson expanded on Nelson Mandela?s private views about the President of Zimbabwe at a celebrity dinner in honour of the South African. ?He?s extremely angry with Robert Mugabe,? the bearded one told Virgin Radio. ?Mugabe could have become a Mandela, but he chose to take another path and he?s [Mandela] mortified by what Mugabe has done to his country...

Prison - a cruel and unusual punishment for a woman

Posted on July 01, 2008
Prison - a cruel and unusual punishment for a womanJailing mothers for trivial offences is harsh on them and their children. But the Government has lost its nerve on reformShe - let's call her Jean - has been out for some years now. She's rehabilitated, has a flat, a mortgage, a job and a partner...

Breaking news: McCanns connection to secret organisation

Posted on June 30, 2008
Breaking news: McCanns connection to secret organisationScottish Knights TemplarJustice For MadeleineRelated link.

Peter Hain helping with police inquiries

Posted on June 30, 2008
Peter Hain helping with police inquiriesPeter Hain, who resigned from the Cabinet over allegations that he had failed to register political donations, has been interviewed by police, The Times has learnt.

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