. . . . “I’ll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes” Puck, Midsummer Night’s Dream
We heard this morning that UK Gordon Brown has broken off his constructive discussions with EU leaders to appear in Afghanistan to mourn the death of four British soldiers, killed in two bomb incidents, one where a 13 [...]
Category Archives: Uk Home Office
Now Gordon has spun off to Afghanistan – make that Pakistan (see above)
December 13, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Update: Police held no warrant to raid Tory MP's office.
December 3, 2008 – 8:41 pm
The good news is that Jacqui Smith didn’t issue a warrant. The bad news is that Plod didn’t ask for one. Michael Martin, aka Gorbals Mick, embattled Speaker of the UK House of Commons, admitted today that the Police had no warrant to search the office of Tory MP Damian Green. Jill Pay (the [...]
You never hear about 'aiding and abetting misconduct in public office.' Then twice in the same week . .
December 3, 2008 – 12:47 pm
Coincidentally, the Thames Valley Police case against former police officer Det. Sgt. Mike Kearney, his son and journalists Sally Murrer and Derek Webb collapsed on Friday 28 November, the very day of the Damian Green arrest (Thus passim). Ms. Murrer and associates had been charged 18 months ago under the (no longer) obscure count of [...]
Political correctness stayed the hand of the nanny state
December 2, 2008 – 10:37 pm
Baby P’s face is now so familiar to me I could sketch it blind. But his face now represents much more than a story about the tragic death of a baby, an abusive family or the failure of one local authority. It says something about our national approach to children, social care and families. By Julia [...]
Life in Bytes
December 1, 2008 – 7:20 pm
I’ve been sleeping much better these days now that I can look forward to a lovely identity card coming along sometime soon with my new passport. It’s great to know that I shall have my very own unique identity secured in digital format, no expense spared. I’ll no doubt be getting a full life history [...]
UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith walks backwards to 1984
December 1, 2008 – 12:19 am
The awful events in Mumbai overshadowed a serious breach in democratic principles in the UK on 29 November, 2008. Nine counter terrorist police stormed the Kent home and Westminster offices of Conservative Shadow Minister Damian Green, searched his home, constituency and Westminster offices and detained him under the Official Secrets Act. The MP was bailed [...]