International Law

Terror suspects get 'too good a deal' at jail

Posted on February 27, 2008
Terror suspects get 'too good a deal' at jail"Suspected terrorists have stirred up trouble at one of Britain's toughest jails because they have free access to a courtyard where they grow flowers and vegetables, it has been disclosed".

Boris Johnson is the Thief of Bagdad

Posted on February 27, 2008
Boris Johnson is the Thief of BagdadPolice probe Boris Johnson over cigar 'theft'Is the man who admits stealing a cigar case fit to become the Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority if he becomes Lord Mayor? Didn't Boris advocate that the police should target even minor crimes in a zero tolerance approach? Why is it all of a sudden he doesn't think his minor crime should be a matter for the police to investigate?

Earthquake or earth tremor hits Hull

Posted on February 26, 2008
Earthquake or earth tremor hits HullI was just nodding off when the earth shook for me. I suddenly thought somebody had swapped my bed for one of those that vibrate. I thought the chimney was coming down. My bedhead is against the chimney breast, and this was shaking and my bed was inching forward...

Home Secretary makes concession in terror detention row

Posted on February 26, 2008
Home Secretary makes concession in terror detention rowDo they not have a kitchen sink in the Home Office? According to conservativehome.com "Jacqui Smith will offer Parliament bigger scrutiny role in bid to pass 42 days detention law". Parliament has shown itself as being incapable of subjecting MPs expenses to proper scrutiny...

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Osama Bin London convicted of terrorist related offences

Posted on February 26, 2008
Osama Bin London convicted of terrorist related offencesOsama Bin London made the mistake of camping out in the New Forest and attending a Berkshire paintballing centre, apparently these once innocent activities are now deemed to be offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, particularly if you are a Muslim.

Patrol officers are accused of illicit car trips to the seaside

Posted on February 26, 2008
Patrol officers are accused of illicit car trips to the seasideNo wonder there are no police officers available to answer 999 calls, they are all too busy driving off to the seaside for a skylark whilst on duty!

Speaker Michael Martin cuts MPs expenses

Posted on February 26, 2008
Speaker Michael Martin cuts MPs expensesGiven that MPs are supposed to be accountable to Parliament and ultimately the electorate, it is not good enough for Micael Martin simply to cut MPs expenses from £250 without the need to provide any receipts. Whatever magical figure he plucks out of the air, given the displayed untrustworthiness of MPS you can bet your bottom dollar that they will continue to claim the maximum amount because its there for the taking...

Levi Bellfield sentenced to 'whole life' in jail

Posted on February 26, 2008
Levi Bellfield sentenced to 'whole life' in jail"A former nightclub bouncer will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of a murderous campaign of violence against women. Levi Bellfield was found guilty at the Old Bailey yesterday of killing Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22, as well as the attempted murder of schoolgirl Kate Sheedy, and was today sentenced to three whole life terms".

Day in court...again

Posted on February 26, 2008
Day in court...againOn Saturday a woman from the B&B in the next street knocked on my door and handed me a large duck egg blue coloured plastic envelpe, addressed to me, which the postman had incorrectly delivered. As I thanked her my eyes were drawn to the scales of justice beneath which was the letters CPS...

British Gas broke into couple's home

Posted on February 25, 2008
British Gas broke into couple's home"A couple who returned from holiday to find the locks on their front door had been picked were shocked to discover that energy giant British Gas behind the break-in".They were not even customers of British Gas and were supplied by a rival company!"Proper checks would have revealed the couple did not owe a penny"!

SAS 'held suspects for extraordinary rendition'

Posted on February 25, 2008
SAS 'held suspects for extraordinary rendition'"British special forces have been used to detain terrorist suspects for extraordinary rendition by the Americans, it has been claimed".List of war criminals: Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett, David Miliband, Geoff Hoon, Des Browne, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown.

Crisis at police watchdog as lawyers resign

Posted on February 25, 2008
Crisis at police watchdog as lawyers resignMore than 100 quit over claims of delay and poor decisions by IPCC"The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) faces a crisis of confidence after a network of more than a hundred lawyers who specialise in handling police complaints resigned from its advisory body".

How he was sentenced to die

Posted on February 25, 2008
How he was sentenced to die'What they call my trial lasted just four minutes in a closed court. I was told that I was guilty and the decision was that I was going to die'

Radio 5 Live

Posted on February 24, 2008
Radio 5 LiveI will be on the Stephen Nolan show on Radio 5 Live at 10 o clock talking about the two recent cases of murder of the model and the prostitutes and whether justice/revenge is enough to satisfy the victims families or are they entitled to more...

Yes there are no jobs at the Home Office

Posted on February 24, 2008
Yes there are no jobs at the Home OfficeGuardian advertRecruiting nowHOME OFFICE 0 jobsCurrently there are no jobs matching the search criteria you specified. Please enter different search criteria or use the browse to look for jobs instead.Nobody from the Home Office was available for comment why the Home Office is recruiting now for no jobs being available...

Dumb dumb dumb dumb David Cameron in a remake of Jaws

Posted on February 24, 2008
Dumb dumb dumb dumb David Cameron in a remake of JawsFollowing the reported sighting of a Great White Shark in South Africa, David Cameron is seen taking his pet surfboard for a walk along a beach in South Africa.

Helpline

Posted on February 24, 2008
HelplineI like this from Charme.Hello, and welcome to the Mental Health Hotline.If you have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, please press 1 repeatedly.If you suffer from Co-Dependency, please ask someone to press 2 for you.If you have Multiple Personality Disorder, please press 3, 4, 5 and 6...

Overcrowded jails 'at panic stations'

Posted on February 24, 2008
Overcrowded jails 'at panic stations'Britain's overfilled jails are at 'panic stations' as they lurch from crisis to crisis, the chief inspector of prisons warns in an Observer interview today that will make uncomfortable reading for the government.At the end of a week in which the prison population rose above the critical 82,000 mark for the first time, Anne Owers said she was not sure how long the system 'can contain this kind of huge pressure'...

Nightmare of mother wrongly accused of abuse

Posted on February 23, 2008
Nightmare of mother wrongly accused of abuse"A mother told yesterday how she endured five years of hell after she was wrongly accused of injuring her newborn baby and her children were taken into care".

NOMS sense or nonesense?

Posted on February 23, 2008
NOMS sense or nonesense?There is a saying: "When you're in a hole, stop digging". Is the National Offender Management System (NOMS) attempting to reach Australia to solve its problems? Penal history shows that between 1788 and 1868 the UK transported convicted criminals to found and inhabit penal colonies...

Home owner sued for junk mail injury

Posted on February 22, 2008
Home owner sued for junk mail injury"A home owner is being threatened with legal action after a woman claimed she trapped her hand in his letterbox while delivering unwanted junk mail".Sounds to me like a junk law suit which the judge should throw straight into the wastepaper basket!

Foreign prisoners sent home nine months early

Posted on February 22, 2008
Foreign prisoners sent home nine months early"Foreign criminals in British prisons could be let out nine months early in an attempt to free up space.Thousands of offenders would be eligible for removal from the country 270 days before the halfway point of their sentence, the Government said yesterday...

Gordon Brown defeated as Labour MPs vote for agency rights

Posted on February 22, 2008
Gordon Brown defeated as Labour MPs vote for agency rightsLabour MPs have stepped up pressure on Gordon Brown over rights for agency workers ahead of a meeting on Monday.The list of MPs who voted in favour of the Temporary and Agency Workers BillHat-Tip: Bob Piper

UK prisons now 'over-capacity'

Posted on February 22, 2008
UK prisons now 'over-capacity'"The prison population in England and Wales has exceeded its highest normal level for the first time".It's not that long ago that I read that the Director General of the Prison Service stated that he would not let this happen...

The public interest v the public interest

Posted on February 22, 2008
The public interest v the public interest"CPS district crown prosecutor Peter McNaught said: ?We considered this case very carefully. However, in all the circumstances, we consider that it was in the public interest to bring this case?"."The men, from Preston, Lancashire, both of good character who had complained to police about youths terrorising their neighbourhood, were cleared by district judge Peter Ward, who said the case was ?not in the public interest?".

Jack Straw condoned CIA torture of suspected terrorists

Posted on February 22, 2008
Jack Straw condoned CIA torture of suspected terroristsI watched a very uncomfortable looking Jack Straw, the Minister of Justice and former Foreign Secretary, sitting beside David Miliband, the present Foreign Secretary, as he read out his statement to the House of Commons, belatedly admitting that the government had knowledge that the CIA had used the UK to facilitate its "state-sponsored abduction" programme...

Suffolk killer will die in prison

Posted on February 22, 2008
Suffolk killer will die in prison"Steve Wright will spend the rest of his life in jail for murdering five women in Suffolk".

Hearse clamped on way to funeral

Posted on February 22, 2008
Hearse clamped on way to funeral"Undertakers who left their hearse unattended momentarily while they made funeral preparations were "disgusted" to find it had been clamped".The owner of the mobile home, a Count Dracula, was unavailable for comment as he was sleeping at the time and only rises after dark.

No joke this

Posted on February 22, 2008
No joke thisEXCLUSIVEOn 1st of April (All Fools Day) the present Director General of the Prison Service, Phil Wheatley, will become the Chief Executive of the restructured National Offender Management Service (Noms). He "will run public prisons and manage performance across the sector, through Service Level Agreements and formal contracts with Probation Boards and Trusts, private prisons and other service providers...

Ban on children held in prisons

Posted on February 21, 2008
Ban on children held in prisons"The Scottish Government is to scrap laws which allow children under 16 to be held in jail without having been convicted of an offence".I should fucking well think so!

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