International Law

Proof that prison is a hotel

Posted on October 06, 2008
Proof that prison is a hotelVideo link.

Isle of Skye: On the shores of Loch Coruisk

Posted on October 06, 2008
Isle of Skye: On the shores of Loch CoruiskIt's not just the sheer beauty of Skye's most magical loch that leaves Antonia Quirke gasping for breath.

Andrew Marr suffers from corpus interruptus

Posted on October 05, 2008
Andrew Marr suffers from corpus interruptusThe Andrew Marr show was on half hour early today because of the Great North Run. I found myself swearing and shouting at him because he has picked up the annoying habit of asking a question and continually interrupting his guests answers...

Cute photos

Posted on October 05, 2008
Cute photosA tiny baby Muntjac deer which was delivered three weeks early by Caesarean section at a wildlife hospital in Buckinghamshire after his mother was hit by a carPicture: JEFF MOOREA barrow-load of orphaned baby orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Indonesian BorneoPicture: BARCROFT

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Once, twice, three times a Lordy

Posted on October 04, 2008
Once, twice, three times a LordyPeter Mandelson says return to Cabinet is 'third time lucky'

Did you say news or snooze?

Posted on October 04, 2008
Did you say news or snooze?According to The Society of Editors "The big stories of the past year: the McCanns, Prince Harry and the Credit Crunch. Did we get the balance right?".I am mystified why Prince Harry is thought to be one of the three big stories of the year...

Girls Aloud in 'murder' blog case

Posted on October 03, 2008
Girls Aloud in 'murder' blog caseA civil servant is being prosecuted over an internet blog which detailed the kidnap, torture and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud.

Boris the thief gets rid of police chief

Posted on October 03, 2008
Boris the thief gets rid of police chiefCould it just be that this is the reason why Boris sought his revenge against Sir Ian Blair?

Tunnel of Death (Lefortovo Tunnel, Russia)

Posted on October 03, 2008
Tunnel of Death (Lefortovo Tunnel, Russia)Crazy intersection in russia. Nice mix))

Eta prisoner freed for fertility treatment

Posted on October 03, 2008
Eta prisoner freed for fertility treatmentA convicted member of Basque separatist group Eta has been released from prison in order to undergo fertility treatment. Elena Beloki, 47, was sentenced to 13 years in jail last November for belonging to the terrorist group, which has killed more than 800 people in a four decade struggle for an independent Basque homeland encompassing parts of northern Spain and southwestern France...

Ripping up 'red tape' and regulations

Posted on October 02, 2008
Ripping up 'red tape' and regulationsForm filling, giving out personal details, call centres, closed-circuit television - if any of these bug bears get your goat then you might want to join the FART Club.The club (Fight Against Red Tape) has been started by a group of middle-Englanders, all claiming to be fed up to the back teeth with the trials and seemingly endless delays that go along with modern day living...

Million more suffer fuel poverty

Posted on October 02, 2008
Million more suffer fuel povertyThe number of households in fuel poverty in the UK rose to 3.5 million in 2006, government figures show.This is an increase of one million on 2005 levels.The figure includes around 2.75 million homes classed as "vulnerable" -containing a child, elderly person or someone with a long-term illness...

Poet dead for 200 years told to pay TV licence

Posted on October 02, 2008
Poet dead for 200 years told to pay TV licenceFriedrich Schiller, one of Germany's favourite poets and playwrights, has received reminders to pay his television licence - despite having been dead since 1805. Two notices were delivered by GEZ, a licence-collecting agency, which threatened to mount legal action against the literary hero, who is best known for his poem Ode to Joy, which was put to music by Beethoven, unless he quickly settled his monthly ?17 (£14) bill...

Sir Ian Blair to quit Scotland Yard

Posted on October 02, 2008
Sir Ian Blair to quit Scotland Yard"The Daily Telegraph understands that Sir Ian was facing possible suspension from office over an investigation into the awarding of £3 million worth of lucrative Met police contracts to a friend and skiing companion"...

Four on run from detention centre

Posted on October 01, 2008
Four on run from detention centreFour immigrants have gone on the run after escaping from a detention camp via a network of pipes.he Vietnamese men broke out of the Oakington Immigration Centre in Longstanton, Cambridgeshire.They are believed to have cut through razor wire fences after crawling through a metal service duct similar to those used for air conditioning...

Council of Europe report criticises 42-day detention

Posted on October 01, 2008
Council of Europe report criticises 42-day detention? Plan could breach human rights legislation? Separate report criticises conditions for detainees"The government's plans to extend to 42 days the time limit for detention without charge will receive a further blow today from the Council of Europe...

Senior police officers suspended over 'wine theft'

Posted on October 01, 2008
Senior police officers suspended over 'wine theft'Two senior police officers have been suspended after being arrested on suspicion of stealing wine from a Marks and Spencer store, it was revealed today.Detective Chief Inspector Jim Torbet and Chief Inspector Sharon Rowe, of Sussex Police, were freed on bail pending further inquiries by their own force...

British Justice or the Sun justice?

Posted on October 01, 2008
British Justice or the Sun justice?The Sun claims that Britain is broken, and that it can be fixed by stripping people of their human rights.Even Hitler did not manage to break Britain during World War 2. So, I don't need Murdoch spreading such lies now...

Full Scale Security Review Underway in Prison Service

Posted on October 01, 2008
Full Scale Security Review Underway in Prison ServiceBreaking NewsIt is understood that a full scale security alert has been launched by the Prison Service. A reliable source has stated that Phil Wheatley, Director General of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), emailed Steve Wagstaffe, Director of High Security, who's sphere of influence covers Security Group; Security Policy Unit; Extremism Unit; Police Advisors Section; National Operations Unit; and National Intelligence Unit...

Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers

Posted on September 30, 2008
Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekersClaims by hundreds of asylum-seekers that they have been beaten or abused by British guards during their detention and removal from this country are to be independently investigated for the first time, The Independent has learnt...

Russian jet flies within 90 seconds of Hull

Posted on September 30, 2008
Russian jet flies within 90 seconds of HullA Russian nuclear bomber managed to get within 90 seconds of Hull in a mock attack as RAF radars failed to pick it up. "The supersonic Blackjack changed course 20 miles from UK airspace, it has been reported...

Why Cameron is heading for a slip up

Posted on September 30, 2008
Why Cameron is heading for a slip upI reported earlier that delegates attending the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham were given a banana...Could one of them have been careless, or it being Bob Piper's neck of the woods has he been up to mischief?

Damages for parents in care case

Posted on September 30, 2008
Damages for parents in care caseA British couple whose two-month-old daughter was taken into care after a "misguided" suspicion of abuse have been awarded £8,000 in compensation.The European Court of Human Rights ruled their rights had been infringed because they had no legal redress for the loss of their child...

Bananadrama

Posted on September 30, 2008
BananadramaPhoto opportunity set up...Photo opportunity slip up

Alien from another planet gives a speech at the Tory party conference

Posted on September 30, 2008
Alien from another planet gives a speech at the Tory party conferenceThis comedian thinks he is at the Edinburgh Fringe instead of being on the fringe at the Tory Party conference. If he was an important player he would have been on the main stage. "The speech of the week so far has been from Nick Herbert (well, of the ones I have seen, anyway)...

Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK

Posted on September 30, 2008
Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UKGurkhas who fought alongside the British Army have won their battle to settle in the UK following a High Court test case. "The result was welcomed by actress Joanna Lumley, whose late father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles, as a chance to "right a great wrong and wipe out a national shame that has stained us all"...

Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK

Posted on September 30, 2008
Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UKGurkhas who fought alongside the British Army have won their battle to settle in the UK following a High Court test case. "The result was welcomed by actress Joanna Lumley, whose late father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles, as a chance to "right a great wrong and wipe out a national shame that has stained us all"...

Call me Mister

Posted on September 30, 2008
Call me MisterI'll not mince my words. Mr Linsay Hoyle MP is a Labour Tosser. I must admit that I had not heard of him. Until today, that is. Apparently, he has spat his dummy out over a newspaper report Prison staff are being made to address inmates, including sex offenders and violent criminals, as "Mr"...

Court jester

Posted on September 29, 2008
Court jesterFreedom & the Internet2pm-3.30pmAustin Court HotelFreedom ZoneChair: Iain Dale. Speakers: Guido Fawkes, Phil Hendren, Chris Mounsey, Nadine DorriesSome of these comments are amusing and Iain Dale, he of the freedom of the internet fame, has graciously left comment moderation off...

Let them eat cake

Posted on September 29, 2008
Let them eat cakeBradfordBingleyGordon Brown's had his boom, now he's bust says David Cameron"David Cameron pinned the blame for Britain's economic crisis on Gordon Brown yesterday as his party countered Labour's claims about who was best placed to guide the country through troubled times"...

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