Comments on: Insanity in the UK. http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/insanity-in-the-uk/ A view through the window... Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Welsh Dog http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/insanity-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-15168 Welsh Dog Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:04:23 +0000 http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/?p=1918#comment-15168 But how nice it would have been had the police investigated the complaints and gone and arrested the drug dealer! There is so much emphasis on building conviction rates by clearing minor crime that the larger more difficult cases are ignored. Stella has it right... when local councils use anti-terrorism laws to spy on their ratepayers there is something seriously wrong. But how nice it would have been had the police investigated the complaints and gone and arrested the drug dealer! There is so much emphasis on building conviction rates by clearing minor crime that the larger more difficult cases are ignored.

Stella has it right… when local councils use anti-terrorism laws to spy on their ratepayers there is something seriously wrong.

]]> By: Si http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/insanity-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-15167 Si Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:45:21 +0000 http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/?p=1918#comment-15167 Broadly speaking I agree but the case of the drug dealer isn't quite as straightforward as it sounds. He did break into the bloke's home and threaten to kill him before smacking him about and then dumping the heroin down the toilet. I still have a great deal of sympathy with him but surely as soon as we descend into vigilantism the rule of common law breaks down. And as for Virgin Rail - have you seen some of the people kissing? They shouldn't be let out in daylight .... And today Stella Rimington ex head of MI5 has suggested that the use or more to the point the government's interpretation our anti-terrorism laws are infringing our civil liberties. Hmmm - gamekeeper turned poacher methinks ... Broadly speaking I agree but the case of the drug dealer isn’t quite as straightforward as it sounds. He did break into the bloke’s home and threaten to kill him before smacking him about and then dumping the heroin down the toilet. I still have a great deal of sympathy with him but surely as soon as we descend into vigilantism the rule of common law breaks down.

And as for Virgin Rail – have you seen some of the people kissing? They shouldn’t be let out in daylight ….

And today Stella Rimington ex head of MI5 has suggested that the use or more to the point the government’s interpretation our anti-terrorism laws are infringing our civil liberties.

Hmmm – gamekeeper turned poacher methinks …

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