Reading (in the Guardian) the following has left me in a strange state of bewilderment: “A high court judge has halted the extradition of the radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza pending an urgent hearing in open court. The decision follows … Continue reading
The whole Abu Qadata affair and the way it has been reported in the papers that I have looked at makes me angry with everyone involved: our government, the European Court of Human Rights and the media. I am angry … Continue reading
By Rodney Willett 12 September 2011 My headline is taken from this morning‛s Times article by Ken Macdonald. ‛Britain’, he writes, ‛should use the European Court of Human Rights only for exceptional cases’. Judging by recent comments on this site … Continue reading
By Bob Bluffield 4 September 2011 The most poignant scene that came out of the dreadful violence of the last week has been the highly emotive and dignified speech made by Tariq Jahan, the father of Haroon, one of the … Continue reading
Well, what a week it has been so far. Milestone Monday: the three party leaders using muscle to silence the people. Yes, a dramatic way of putting it but that is what it feels like out here. Will it turn … Continue reading
This blog could be about the conference(s) but when you come to think about it they are affairs which really matter very little. There was Milliband trying to persuade everyone that he was … what, exactly? The problem is, no … Continue reading
The blog I had originally intended to write and had spent most of the afternoon drafting, was turned on its head by the news that came out shortly before 5pm, that in the High Court, Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart had granted a … Continue reading