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Saturday 21 June 2008
Another outcry by the "Justice" industry - we was robbed of our powers!
Yokel is certain that here we have the makings of another knee-jerk law, which will prove yet again that "hard cases make bad law"! Why won't they learn?
" Police chief fears witnesses rule" shouts the headline from the Ministry of Propaganda as they report comments by John Yates to the Daily Telegraph.
Then on Radio 4 (Today programme) Jack Straw, the ex National Union of Students president who is now at the controls of our Province's "Justice" system, announces that the issue of protecting witness identities would be addressed "very urgently". Bang goes another principle of English Common Law.
What an opportunity this one presents! Not only "think of the CHILDREN",
but "think of the WOMEN", "think of the MINORITIES", and "think of the
PEOPLE" will all come tumbling out. At this point, Yokel tries to
remember any proposals for draconian restrictions that have been knocked
back recently. Its a bit too soon to use this as an excuse for having
another crack at the "90 days detention without charge" game, so that
will probably not be used this time round. But it will be further grist
to the plans to abolish Jury trials completely. And Yokel guesses that
we are likely to see anonymous accusers permitted, initially in the
"most SERIOUS" of crimes, and for all cases involving
tourism terrorism in order to protect the "security services
who are working selflessly for the protection of the PEOPLE". A year or
so of function creep will then see the power available for all trials,
at the absolute discretion of the prosecution. Just for good measure
Yokel also fears that it will include expansion of the Racial and
Religious Hatred law to make Christianity completely illegal, unless it
is the wishy washy watered down government approved drivel lead by the
Druid Williams in his attempt to lead his flock to eternal damnation.
If unchallenged, and if Yokel's fears are right, this will be another swift adoption straight out of the STASI manual. Is downloading the STASI Manual a crime?
