International Law

Labour reintroduces child labour and uses kids to spy on adults

Posted on September 06, 2008
Labour reintroduces child labour and uses kids to spy on adultsChildren as young as eight have been recruited by councils to "snoop" on their neighbours and report petty offences such as littering, the Daily Telegraph can disclose."The youngsters are among almost 5,000 residents who in some cases are being offered £500 rewards if they provide evidence of minor infractions...

Wake up smell the Coffee Mate

Posted on September 05, 2008
Wake up smell the Coffee MateCocaine and me, by David CameronExclusiveGet to pick the Conservative Party's new blog name which is the same old blog just given a face lift.Suggestions in the comments. The best entry will win a jar of home made ethicminorityberry jam.

Up Dale and down Hill

Posted on September 05, 2008
Up Dale and down HillYawn! Iain Dale has been engaged in activity with a corpse, he's brought back to life his Daley Dozen links to what he deems as the best blog posts. This self congratulaTory twice failed politician would not know a good post if hit him over the head...

Man 'arranged murder from prison'

Posted on September 05, 2008
Man 'arranged murder from prison'A man organised a murder from his prison cell using a smuggled mobile phone, the Old Bailey has heard.If I remember rightly mobile phones used to be called cell phones...

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Foreign national prefers British prison to deportation

Posted on September 05, 2008
Foreign national prefers British prison to deportationIt is being stated that a foreign national is exploiting a loophole in the system by remaining in prison once his sentence has been completed rather than face deportation. However, I would argue that the deportation order is not legal therefore his continued detention constitutes false imprisonment...

Two male convicts marry in Belgian jail

Posted on September 05, 2008
Two male convicts marry in Belgian jailTwo men, who met while serving in a Belgian jail have celebrated their wedding, the first male homosexual marriage in the country to be celebrated and consummated behind prison walls.

Tory MP suffers after effects from snorting Coffee Mate

Posted on September 05, 2008
Tory MP suffers after effects from snorting Coffee MateWhat Golden Syrup should have done is called up David Cameron on his mobile to explain the difference between cocaine and Coffee Mate...Obviously this head boy was not so bright after all, he could have refused to answer the question on the grounds that there is no requirement in law to self incriminate...

PM rules out one-off fuel payment

Posted on September 05, 2008
PM rules out one-off fuel paymentGordon Brown has confirmed that the government will not be giving consumers a one-off payment to help with rising fuel bills.The day before yesterday my gas supply ran out and I had to activate the emergency credit because I did not have the money to purchase more gas on my gas card...

Murderer to be turned into fish food

Posted on September 04, 2008
Murderer to be turned into fish foodA convicted murderer on death row will have his body turned into fish food and fed to goldfish, all for the sake of art.

Russian soldier kidnaps British girl

Posted on September 04, 2008
Russian soldier kidnaps British girlAn 11-year-old British girl has been left stranded in Russia after her biological father obtained a Court Order preventing her from leaving the country until she is 18. Its marvellous isn't it? The British embassy can assist the McCanns, who killed their daughter, to evade justice in Portugal but will not assist in this case because it is scared of Russia.

God help America...

Posted on September 04, 2008
God help America...Sarah Palin is 'the new Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan' American conservatives have reacted with near ecstasy to the Republican convention speech by Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, comparing John McCain's running mate with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan...

The world's 50 most beautiful gardens - Part one: Europe

Posted on September 04, 2008
The world's 50 most beautiful gardens - Part one: EuropeIn the first part of our definitive guide, Tim Richardson picks the most fabulous gardens in Britain and on the ContinentAlhambra, SpainThe fabled patios of this Moorish fortress-palace in Granada, constructed between the 9th and 14th centuries, still retain an extraordinary sequestered atmosphere...

Batchelor Boy Cliff to wed in civil partnership with bum chum?

Posted on September 04, 2008
Batchelor Boy Cliff to wed in civil partnership with bum chum?Sir Cliff Richard has spoken for the first time of his close friendship with a former Roman Catholic priest he calls his "companion" and "blessing".UPDATE: A DJ on Viking FM when reporting this story said it was time that Cliff Richard came out of the closet...

Linford Christie's fury as prisoners get lunch boxes

Posted on September 04, 2008
Linford Christie's fury as prisoners get lunch boxesPRISON bosses sparked fury yesterday after splashing out £25,000 to buy lunch boxes for Muslim terrorists and criminals. Claims that pathetic excuse for a newspaper The Sun. My initial reaction was to laugh because of this story...

Offensive disproportion

Posted on September 03, 2008
Offensive disproportionNow that Marcel Berlins has discovered what he calls offensive disproportion, such as someone being fined £50 for violent disorder whereas a pensioner gets fined £100 for putting the wrong kind of rubbish in a rubbish bin, he suggests that there should be in government a Minister for the Abolition of Offensive Disproportion...

IRA ruling Army Council may be disbanded

Posted on September 03, 2008
IRA ruling Army Council may be disbandedMartin McGuinness is to enter into talks with Peter Robinson, the Northern Ireland First Minister, about disbanding the IRA's ruling army council, in an attempt to break the province's political deadlock.The continued existence of the council is at the centre of mounting political disagreement holding up the transfer of policing powers from Westminster to Northern Ireland...

Judge and Jury?

Posted on September 03, 2008
Judge & Jury?how "Notice and Take Down" gives ISPs an unwanted role in applying the Law to the internetwritten by: Richard ClaytonInternet Expert, Thus plcrichard@demon.netSummaryThe widely reported out-of-court settlement of the defamation action Godfrey v Demon Internet in favour of the physicist Dr Laurence Godfrey has ignited a debate as to how far Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should be responsible for material on the Internet...

Kate McCann killed Madeleine

Posted on September 03, 2008
Kate McCann killed MadeleineKate McCann killed Madeleine on the evening of 3 May 2007 whilst Gerry McCann was out of Apartment 5A playing tennis. She phoned Gerry McCann to inform him she needed him to come back to the apartment, however, she did not clarify her reason for needing his help...

Tesco apologises to mother

Posted on September 03, 2008
Tesco apologises to motherA supermarket has apologised after refusing to sell alcohol to a 38-year-old woman because she had children with her.Video link.

Shark pictures show amazing killing display

Posted on September 03, 2008
Shark pictures show amazing killing displayIt is the ultimate predator, nature's most efficient killing machine which can hunt and kill its prey with remarkable ease.These shots capture the splendour and horror of a great white shark weighing two tons leaping 10ft from the water as it closes inevitably on its victim...

The law allows a fat Arab bastard to steal £2M from a casino

Posted on September 03, 2008
The law allows a fat Arab bastard to steal £2M from a casinoA fat Arab crook conned a casino into allowing him to buy £2M worth of gambling chips with a cheque, then when he lost he refused to honour the cheque. In other words, the fat Arab bastard wanted to keep his cake and eat it...

Abu Ghraib prison to become museum

Posted on September 03, 2008
Abu Ghraib prison to become museumIraq has said it plans to rebuild the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, complete with a museum portraying the crimes of Saddam Hussein.However, rather too conveniently, it is not planned to portray the war crimes committed by US and UK troops upon Iraqi prisoners.

Poem banned from schools over knife crime fears

Posted on September 03, 2008
Poem banned from schools over knife crime fears"A poem taught to thousands of schoolchildren every year has been dropped amid fears it could fuel knife crime". Education for Leisure By Carol Ann DuffyToday I am going to kill something. Anything.I have had enough of being ignored and todayI am going to play God...

Is this a cock up?

Posted on September 03, 2008
Is this a cock up?Christian sues gallery over 'blasphemous' erectionA stupid Essex girl, Emily Mapfuwa, is trying to make a big song and dance over a piece of artwork at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead Tyne and Wear.So, she travelled all that way to get offended and then complains that she is offended?As for depicting the prophet Muhammad with a hard on, seeing a dog with a red rocket is quite common in Pearson Park in Hull...

Asian officer loses racial bias case against Met

Posted on September 02, 2008
Asian officer loses racial bias case against MetOne of the two senior Asian officers suing the Metropolitan Police for racial discrimination has lost his claim after alleging that a "golden circle" of white officers had been chosen to run Britain's largest force...

Charity Nacro in bid to run two new prisons

Posted on September 02, 2008
Charity Nacro in bid to run two new prisonsA penal reform charity is bidding to run two new prisons.For those who believe that penal reform groups are part of the problem and not the solution, the news that NACRO is seeking to charitably punish prisoners will only serve to confirm this view...

'Stupid' jail escape bid foiled

Posted on September 02, 2008
'Stupid' jail escape bid foiledAn inmate's bid to escape by digging a hole through the wall of his prison cell has earned him a further eight months in jail.When I was caught with a similar sized hole in the back wall of my cell in Wakefield Prison, I told the authorities that I was building a fireplace...

Police take two hours to respond to 999 call yards from station

Posted on September 02, 2008
Police take two hours to respond to 999 call yards from stationA shopkeeper had to wait two hours for officers to respond to his 999 call after a man threatened to kill him with a spade - despite the police station being just 350 yards away. "Mr Patel, who managed to scare off his attacker himself, did see a police man an hour after the call but claimed he walked past and into the nearby food shop"...

Prison tutor 'murdered by spurned ex-lover' while on bail

Posted on September 02, 2008
Prison tutor 'murdered by spurned ex-lover' while on bailA prison tutor was stabbed to death in a "brutal and frenzied attack" by a spurned ex-lover who was on bail for attacking her previously, a court has heard. "Keith Prest, 49, stabbed Louise Evans 43 times after laying in wait at the car park outside a women's open prison in Maidstone, Kent, where she taught English...

Moment a dolphin gave birth caught on film

Posted on September 02, 2008
Moment a dolphin gave birth caught on film

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