International Law

When in civvie street be a civilian

Posted on March 07, 2008
When in civvie street be a civilianI think most working people are only too glad to remove their work clothes when they finish work. So, I cannot understand why Armed Forces personnel desire to wear their uniforms off duty and why normally they are encouraged to do so by their superior officers...

Fisty Two Jabs goes to war to keep the peace

Posted on March 06, 2008
Fisty Two Jabs goes to war to keep the peaceJohn Prescott, Labour MP for East Hull, is according to the Hull Daily Mail "TO HELP DIFFUSE POLITICAL TENSIONS IN ARMENIA". That is, spread political tensions in Armenia. However, contrary to the headline, the text of the article gives a different message "John Prescott is heading European human rights delegation to Armenia in an attempt to defuse the country's growing political crisis"...

Duchess of Pork visits Hull

Posted on March 06, 2008
Duchess of Pork visits HullThe overweight and £4M in debt, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of Pork, is in Hull to make a documentary for ITV in an attempt to boost the TV channel's flagging viewer ratings. The Duchess of Pork is to offer normal people who are poor and fat advice on how to Manage their budget and diet...

Man arrested for 'having sex with lamp-post'

Posted on March 06, 2008
Man arrested for 'having sex with lamp-post'"A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Wiltshire for allegedly simulating a sex act with a lamp-post"."The incident is the latest in a spate of bizarre sex crimes involving inanimate objects".Has it got anything to do with the weather?

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Crufts bets close after 'super dog' threat

Posted on March 06, 2008
Crufts bets close after 'super dog' threat"Bookmaker William Hill has stopped taking bets on which breed will be Crufts Best In Show after a flurry of interest in a previously unfancied category".

Battle for disturbed tycoon?s £10m leaves Tories with huge legal bill

Posted on March 06, 2008
Battle for disturbed tycoon?s £10m leaves Tories with huge legal bill"The Tories are facing a £700,000 legal bill for trying to hold on to a £10 million bequest from a mentally unfit tycoon who believed Margaret Thatcher could save the world from Satan".

Gerry and Kate McCann sue publisher for £4M

Posted on March 06, 2008
Gerry and Kate McCann sue publisher for £4MThe child killers Gerry and Kate McCann are suing for £4M according to Obsolete. He reports that he got the story from the latest edition of Private Eye. Apparently, the McCanns are seeking £1M from each of the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star Sunday and Daily Star, for publishing stories suggesting that the McCanns are responsible for the disappearance of Madeleine...

Nuff said

Posted on March 06, 2008
Nuff said

A life or death decision

Posted on March 06, 2008
A life or death decision"Mehdi Kazemi is a gay teenager from Iran. He sought sanctuary in Britain after his boyfriend was hanged for homosexuality. So why is Britain so determined to send him back to Tehran ? to almost certain execution?".

Woman jailed for 'worshipping tea pot'

Posted on March 06, 2008
Woman jailed for 'worshipping tea pot'"A sharia court in Malaysia jailed a woman for joining a "tea-pot worshipping" cult".Perhaps somebody can read the tealeaves and explain to me how is it that over 30,000 zombies come back to life to cast their votes to keep the ruling party in power in Malaysia?

George W Bush puts pressure on China to make puppy throwing an Olympic sport

Posted on March 05, 2008
George W Bush puts pressure on China to make puppy throwing an Olympic sportRecently, President Bush declared everything they do to suspected terrorists is within the law. He has spoken out in defence of the US Marine accused of throwing a puppy over a cliff...

Man guilty of son's knife murder

Posted on March 05, 2008
Man guilty of son's knife murder"A man has been found guilty of murdering his four-year-old son in an act of revenge against his wife, who left him for another man".

Nick Clegg gags the LibDems on Lisbon referendum

Posted on March 05, 2008
Nick Clegg gags the LibDems on Lisbon referendumClegg defends Lib Dem EU stance"Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has defended ordering his party to abstain from a Commons vote on holding a referendum on the new EU treaty".Last night on Newsnight when questioned by Jeremy Paxman whether he had sought resignation letters from any LibDems intending to vote, Nick Clegg denied this...

Defeat for MacAskill over plans for tagging of prisoners

Posted on March 05, 2008
Defeat for MacAskill over plans for tagging of prisoners"LABOUR and the Tories united at Holyrood yesterday to inflict an embarrassing defeat on Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, and his plans to extend electronic tagging of prisoners, writes Hamish Macdonell".

Don't know what to make of this

Posted on March 05, 2008
Don't know what to make of thisYour PERSONAL issues Score is 100%.Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 60%.(Please note: Scores falling on the Centrist border are counted as Centrist.)http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.htmlHat-Tip Nourishingobscurity

DJ told to 'go home with mother'

Posted on March 05, 2008
DJ told to 'go home with mother'"DJ Andy Kershaw has been advised to leave the Isle of Man and go to live with his mother after he was arrested for harassing his former partner".The last chance saloon...

Life sentence prisoner at large

Posted on March 05, 2008
Life sentence prisoner at large"A prisoner serving a life sentence who absconded while attending a pre-release training course remains at large.Mark Thomas Clarke, 40, who was attending a course at Nutts Corner, County Antrim, fled on Tuesday.Clarke was jailed in 1996 for kidnapping and attempted rape and given a minimum nine-and-a-half year tariff".

Extradited child abuser is jailed

Posted on March 05, 2008
Extradited child abuser is jailed"A child abuser from Devon who broke his bail conditions and fled to Thailand has been jailed for nine years"."Simon Laws, defending, said McMahon fled because his life had been threatened after the allegations came to light"...

Parole hearings 'beset by delays'

Posted on March 05, 2008
Parole hearings 'beset by delays'"Serious shortcomings in the way inmates are assessed for parole have been revealed by the National Audit Office.In a report, it says hearings to decide whether criminals should be freed or kept in jail are being delayed because prisoner risk assessments arrive late"...

Man faces trial over Facebook harassment

Posted on March 05, 2008
Man faces trial over Facebook harassment"A man will become the first person in the UK to stand trial next month accused of harassing a woman on Facebook.Michael Hurst has pleaded not guilty to harassing ex-girlfriend Sophie Sladden via the popular social networking website".

The War Against Terror intensifies as US Marine dispatches a suspected terrorist

Posted on March 04, 2008
The War Against Terror intensifies as US Marine dispatches a suspected terroristIs this puppy subjected to a flight of extraordinary-rendition and tortured?The YouTube video has been removed but its available if you follow the link below.http://www.dumpert...

Pc 'touched' schoolgirls at club

Posted on March 04, 2008
Pc 'touched' schoolgirls at club"A 12-year-old girl was indecently assaulted by a police officer during his previous job at an after-school club in York, a court has heard".

Riot centre inmates 'denied food'

Posted on March 04, 2008
Riot centre inmates 'denied food'"Inmates at a London immigration centre were kept in flooded cells without food or water for up to 40 hours, human rights group Liberty said".

Cycle of reoffending within the Tory Party

Posted on March 04, 2008
Cycle of reoffending within the Tory PartyI don't think that David Cameron has set a very good example by breaking the law when he cycled through a red light district. When Tim Montgomerie attempted to follow the leader he received a £30 fixed penalty notice...

Arrested DJ Kershaw back in jail

Posted on March 04, 2008
Arrested DJ Kershaw back in jail"DJ Andy Kershaw has been returned to jail, three days after being released".What a fucking idiot!

Officials warn of terrorist links to prison gangs

Posted on March 03, 2008
Officials warn of terrorist links to prison gangs· Managers admit struggle to control extremist inmates· Internal documents reveal rising culture of violence"The growing number of terrorist prisoners are forging connections with the existing gangs inside Britain's high security jails to the alarm of senior Prison Service managers, according to internal Ministry of Justice documents".

Prisoner seriously assaulted every 45 minutes in Britain

Posted on March 03, 2008
Prisoner seriously assaulted every 45 minutes in Britain"One serious attack takes place every 45 minutes in the overcrowded jails of England and Wales as prison staff struggle to cope with soaring levels of violence. Ministry of Justice figures reveal the number of assaults on prisoners by cellmates have rocketed from 1,790 in 1996 to 11,826 last year, a rise of 561 per cent in just over a decade".

Prisoners must earn release, says Cameron

Posted on March 03, 2008
Prisoners must earn release, says Cameron"The Conservative leader David Cameron today pledged a prisons policy where inmates have to "earn their release" as he unveiled plans to build 5,000 additional jail places".Psssst! Dave, we already have a minimum before prisoners can be released and a maximum, so what is different about your suggested policy? Answers on a post-card please...

Can Obama break their prison bars?

Posted on March 03, 2008
Can Obama break their prison bars?A symbol of hope for young blacks"Last week there was published a report that he would have found very disturbing, as indeed would my mother. This report concerned the American prison system; it was published by the Pew Centre, a Washington think-tank...

Fifty MPs sack staff after expenses scandal

Posted on March 03, 2008
Fifty MPs sack staff after expenses scandal"More than 50 MPs have laid off members of their staff after the Derek Conway expenses scandal, it emerged yesterday"."The researchers being dismissed by MPs are largely thought to be family members and the mass exodus suggests that many MPs are unwilling to publicly defend or justify their employment".

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