Dear Diary,
It is encouraging to note that decent things seem to be happening, and even more encouraging to see most of them emanating from the Courts.
In a Judgment of remarkable terseness, the Divisional Court (Moses LJ and Sullivan J) have comprehensively demonstrated that the Government gave in to Saudi Arabia and was, effectively, complicit [...]
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Ruthie is both amused and saddened by the unfolding media saga of Max Mosely, president of the FIA, but with a colourful private life involving sado-masochistic sex with prostitutes, allegedly with Nazi overtones. Ruthie can understand how being the son of the British fascist leader Oswald Mosely, might leave one with a few issues. But [...]
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Dear Diary,
I am thrilled to have time to spend with you once more. I have been ‘under the cosh’ in recent weeks, due to the need to earn enough money to support what is, by common consent, a plain and unshowy lifestyle. However, one needs the spondulicks even for that. I am now able to [...]
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Dear Diary,
It may be remembered that I have had occasion previously to discuss the antics of Mr Aamar Anwar, solicitor of the parish of Strathclyde. It is only fair to point out that Mr Anwar was previously quoted in September, a mere 3 months after the bomb attack on Glasgow Airport. So he probably was [...]
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Dear Diary,
Those gorgeous rockers got it right when they sang the above. As the Madonna of the Yardwinder sits snugly in PC Clod’s safe, there are wheels within wheels.
It will be remembered that Mr Calum Jones, solicitor, of HBJ Gateley Waring had an “interesting but benign” explanation of how he came to be involved. The [...]
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Dear Diary,
Apparently, the terrorist attacks on London could have been avoided if only British law enforcement agencies had acted on information supplied by Saudi Arabia. This information, which exists entirely in the imagination of King Abdullah Ibn Saud, has been put front and centre as the noble monarch of the mutilated hands visits London on a [...]
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Dear Diary,
The scores on the doors are in and the fat lady has sung. Most importantly, The Recorder of Bristol, His Honour Judge Tom Crowther QC has spoken. Brucie has got 12 months. In my view that is merciful. Even though there will have been personal mitigation, the willingness to ensure that someone else went to [...]
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Dear Diary,
Whilst I eagerly await tomorrow and shall do my best to be first with the news of Brucie’s sentence I note that Doughty Street Chambers is sticking like glue to its policy of freedom of information and access for all by, uummm not commenting. Strange.
It also seems that Brucie was not kicked out, but was [...]
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Dear Diary,
Whilst Brucie awaits his fate, what of his Chambers?
It is not simply that Doughty Street Chambers prides itself on its commitment to human rights. Its members have also written articles explaining freedom of information, announced its victory for free speech, trumpeted its work protecting sources and published its very own statement of values (lest, presumably, it be [...]
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Posted in Corruption, Sentencing on August 28, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Dear Diary,
It appears that Mr Bruce Hyman of counsel is on his way to prison. He decided that his client’s case would be assisted if Mr Hyman were to create a fake Judgment and send it to the father of the children in the custody dispute in which Mr Hyman was instructed. He sent it [...]
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