International Law

Prison Numbers Reach All Time High

Posted on February 16, 2008
Prison Numbers Reach All Time High"The latest Ministry of Justice figures have revealed British prisons are only 102 places away from reaching their 82,020 capacity".Well, Jack Straw, Minister of Justice, and the man legally responsible for this mess, what do you intend doing about it? What's that you say, nothing? The problem will not go away by ignoring it...

Hunt after rapist flees hospital

Posted on February 16, 2008
Hunt after rapist flees hospital"A convicted rapist has escaped for the second time from the same south east London hospital, police said".Allowing him to escape once is bad enough, allowing him to escape twice is a disgrace.UPDATE: Ronknee is a sick bastard, he claims to have found the escaped rapist...

Guantanamo 'show trial' looms for UK resident

Posted on February 16, 2008
Guantanamo 'show trial' looms for UK resident"Britain is having secret talks with Washington in a final attempt to stop a UK resident being charged with terror offences and brought before what has been described as a "show trial" at Guantanamo Bay".If it is true that this man was arrested for having the wrong passport, then there are the appropriate laws for dealing with this matter, it is wrong that he was detained in Guantanamo Bay and tortured into making a false confession...

'Asylum' for 1,500 Iraqi interpreters

Posted on February 16, 2008
'Asylum' for 1,500 Iraqi interpreters"Up to 1,500 Iraqis who worked as interpreters for British Armed Forces are to be flown to Britain, it was claimed last night.The Iraqi interpreters and their families will be settled in two unnamed northern cities from April...

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Iain Dale whipped and whupped and his friend Derek Conway gets it too

Posted on February 15, 2008
Iain Dale whipped and whupped and his friend Derek Conway gets it tooNormally I am against corporal punishment. But when the miscreant is Iain Dale and the person inflicting the well deserved punishment is Iain Martin, I found myself cuming with excitement at his very public humiliation...

You can look to the heavens Boris...

Posted on February 15, 2008
You can look to the heavens Boris...http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2008/02/telegraph-column-boris-must-win.htmlidea: jailhouselawyerphotoshop: Ronknee

Why British injustice is the best in the world

Posted on February 15, 2008
Why British injustice is the best in the worldI was disturbed to learn on Newsnight last night that even though this man has been cleared by the British courts of any terrorist involvement in training the pilots of the 9/11 attacks, there remains an outstanding international arrest warrant seeking his extradition to the USA...

George W Bush is a terrorist and should be impeached

Posted on February 14, 2008
George W Bush is a terrorist and should be impeachedThe BBC may be congratulating itself on its Matt Frei interview with George W Bush, parts of which were shown last night on both BBC 1 10 O'Clock News and BBC 2 Newsnight. However, I smell a rat and it stinks to high heaven...

9 million less 1 bicycle now in Beijing

Posted on February 14, 2008
9 million less 1 bicycle now in Beijing Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, feeling somewhat alienated by the Western World for his appalling human rights record, and after being snubbed by Steven Spielberg. E.T. He recently tried to phone home but found that his call was blocked by the Great Firewall of China.

Kate McCann is missing: Has she been abducted?

Posted on February 14, 2008
Kate McCann is missing: Has she been abducted?I am somewhat disappointed that Kate McCann has not been nominated for Celebrity Mum of the Year.

Police brutality

Posted on February 14, 2008
Police brutalityIs this fat pig a psychopath or what?Local News Report.Read what people are saying about the incident.Hat-Tip to Tim Ireland at Bloggerheads

Tory MP manages to wriggle off the hook

Posted on February 14, 2008
Tory MP manages to wriggle off the hookThe police have decided not to prosecute the Tory MP for allegedly assaulting his children. It sounds like a done deal to me. I should hope that the pay off does not go down as expenses in relation to his job?Nigel Waterson ClearedIain Dale 11:58 AMNigel Waterson MP has just issued this statement...

Why its so tough being a backbench MP

Posted on February 14, 2008
Why its so tough being a backbench MPSo, the first backbench MP says to the second backbench MP do you think we should go on a fact finding mission to discover whether the Costa del Sol makes a beautiful holiday destination?

Have you heard the one about the two QCs who are suing the Law Society?

Posted on February 14, 2008
Have you heard the one about the two QCs who are suing the Law Society?It's no joke as Joshua Rozenberg explains.

Derek Conway still has his snout in the trough

Posted on February 14, 2008
Derek Conway still has his snout in the troughHow can MPs expect the public to have confidence in the system which allows the disgraced Tory MP Derek Conway, who stole money from the taxpayer to fund his childrens private school education, to retain his position on the chairmen's panel which oversees parliamentary proceedings and be paid a £13,000 a year bonus? The position requires a degree of trust and respect for upholding the rules and procedures of Parliament, which we know Derek Conway has already broken on a very large scale...

Iain Dale on the green loses out to an 8 year old boy

Posted on February 13, 2008
Iain Dale on the green loses out to an 8 year old boyThis is enough to turn Iain Dale green with envy, a 8 year old boy knocks spots off him playing golf.

Super Wednesday

Posted on February 13, 2008
Super WednesdayDella Georgeson who is John Prescott's Chief of Staff is the front runner to replace John Prescott in the nomination to become Labour MP for East Hull. See the BBC 1 Look North report here.This is turning out to be a bigger show than Super Tuesday in the States which was something of a damp squib and Tory blogger Iain Dale attended...

Students 'intoxicated' by terror freed on appeal

Posted on February 13, 2008
Students 'intoxicated' by terror freed on appeal"Five young men, including four students, jailed on terror charges after being "intoxicated" by extremist propaganda have been freed by the Court of Appeal".This whole war on terror is turning out to be a comedy of errors.

David Miliband risks US row over 9/11 trials

Posted on February 13, 2008
David Miliband risks US row over 9/11 trials"David Miliband has risked a diplomatic row with Washington by admitting Britain has "concerns" about the US plan to try terrorist suspects before military tribunals".

Minister of Fuzzy Statements

Posted on February 13, 2008
Minister of Fuzzy StatementsWell, I do declare that Jack Straw, formally known as the Minister of Justice, shall from this point on be referred to as the Minister of Fuzzy Statements. Any student of law will know that a right does not exist unless it is legally enforceable...

The World Upside Down

Posted on February 12, 2008
The World Upside DownWhilst on a recent holiday to Australia, the TV personality Paul O'Grady was mistaken for the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, by an Aboriginal elder Matilda House, who asked him if she could open the new parliamentary term. Mr O'Grady, formerly known as Lily Savage before his sex change, stared back at the Aborigine with a Blankety Blank expression on his face...

Right Honourable rogues

Posted on February 12, 2008
Right Honourable roguesThe foreign secretary, David Miliband, cut his way through the jungle before arriving at Westminister Village inhabited by the Allmpsarecrooks tribe. He is leading a civilian surge for democracy. "Among a string of practical proposals to support democracy, the foreign secretary will suggest:· encouraging economic openness as a means of tackling corruption and increasing transparency" within the Houses of Parliament...

Florida lawyer charged over handshake

Posted on February 12, 2008
Florida lawyer charged over handshake"A lawyer has been charged with assault after shaking hands with the prosecuting counsel so hard that she allegedly almost ripped her arm from its socket".Definitely not one of the funny handshake brigade!

US accused of using 'kangaroo court' to try men accused of role in September 11 attacks

Posted on February 12, 2008
US accused of using 'kangaroo court' to try men accused of role in September 11 attacks"The United States military announced yesterday that it was bringing death penalty charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other men suspected of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, and intended to try them under the Bush administration's much-criticised military tribunal system, which is subject only to partial oversight by the civilian appeals system".

One-legged gold digger in search for gold

Posted on February 12, 2008
One-legged gold digger in search for goldI was at a friend's house last night and Heather Mills became the topic of conversation. My friend opined that she thought Heather Mills is mentally unbalanced. Having seen this video, which she made and took into court yesterday, in a bid to claim that her marriage has been wrecked by the paparazzi, I would tend to agree with my friend.

Children caught cheating in school for MPs?

Posted on February 12, 2008
Children caught cheating in school for MPs?Perhaps, these children were learning how to become MPs when they grow up?

Number of rapists who escape jail doubles

Posted on February 11, 2008
Number of rapists who escape jail doublesI think that this headline is a classic example of media hype. It fails to take into account that the definition of what constitutes rape has been widened. For example, a 15 year old girl allowing her 16 year old boyfriend intercourse would now constitute rape...

Crime in Westminister Village reaches all time high

Posted on February 11, 2008
Crime in Westminister Village reaches all time highIt looks suspiciously like blackmail to me, MPs are demanding a 33% pay rise on their basic £61,000 annual pay, to compensate them if rules are brought in to end the scam which allows them to claim up to £22,000 per year in additional costs allowance (ACA)...

What the Archbishop of Canterbury actually said

Posted on February 10, 2008
What the Archbishop of Canterbury actually saidBBC Interview - Radio 4 World at OneThursday 07 February 2008The transcript of an interview with Christopher Landau of the BBC World at One programme on the Temple lecture 'Civil and religious law in England: a religious perspective...

Tory blogger Iain Dale embroiled in £20,000 donation row

Posted on February 10, 2008
Tory blogger Iain Dale embroiled in £20,000 donation rowWhen I first read this article Davis embroiled in row over £20,000 donation, I was sure when Iain Dale started to throw mud around at Peter Hain that he had written that David Davis was whiter than white thanks to his contribution...

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