THE LAST DITCH
Sir Olly C and the case for free speech in Bexley.
Like I said, the police in this country seem more concerned with what people say than what they do. There should, in my humble opinion, be NO criminal laws that penalise mere speech.
While I agree with your point that “free speech” should not be circumscribed, this is a far worse instance involving star chamber-like administration of “justice” made up as they go along.
Surely Eric Pickles and Theresa May need to have “the talk” with their officials and a wholesale clearance of present-day magistrates who do not understand the basic concepts of law and legal administration needs to be implemented, so that law in England can be restored.
And whilst speaking of “free speech” does anybody here know why two great adhernts to the cause-Old Holborn and Anna raccoon have fallen silent?
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Sounds like Olly has been dug up and had his head chopped off by the council already.
I don’t think he should have used the “C” word. Ass would have done nicely.
Having him arrested on what must have been a lie by a councillor (well he is a small time politician after all what can you expect). That sounds like all sorts of wasting police time and malicious harrassment.
Does he have any connections with the local police chief/commander?
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Sadly it’s not as easy as that. The courts are correctly enforcing a monstrously stupid and wicked law. No idea about OH and Anna, btw.
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I don’t think he should have used the C word, as a matter of good manners. You could probably have guessed that from my maiden aunt prose style here. But laws are (or should be) terrible, serious things deployed only in defence of person and property. And the orders requested by the prosecution go well beyond restricting his use of unmannerly language. This is a shocking case and would have been unthinkable only a very few years ago. Labour tried hard to delegitimise ‘hate speech’ and -intentionally or otherwise- has created a weapon to be used against anyone expressing unwelcome views. That the present Government is not even turning that ratchet back speaks volumes for its stance on civil liberties. Labour has never believed in them, so its attacks were to be expected. Both parties to the governing coalition claim to believe in them, which only makes their treachery worse.
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Anna is Ok, but she is taking a break for some rest and recuperation. So that she doesn’t have to bother with checking the blog we’re not posting anything on it.
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I doubted that it would be easy, however the monstrous faults in the administration of this poor law is well within the purview of the ministers.
How can it ever be right that a defendant is ordered to do something whether guilty or NOT guilty.
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Thanks SBML. Glad to hear the landlady is taking a well-deserved rest.
I think the site might benefit a short announcement, such as you just made. Your call.
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Seems such a stupid piece of over-reaction. We say worse at our place.
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I did a reply and it seemed to just dissapear. I don’t think he should have used that word, but that is me. I do think even a small time politician ought to be able to take it.
It sounded to me from what I read the politician also lied to the police to get him arrested. So why did Olly still get railroaded?
Would it be good to dig into connections between local magistrates, local police chiefs and theis small time politician do you think?
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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