Author Archives: sister in-law

For once Parliament has done the job it was established to do, it has acted as a check on the executive. The British legal system was created with inbuilt checks and balances to, among other things, prevent the arbitrary exercise … Continue reading →

The Home Office has recently suggested that prisoners be released early in order to alleviate record prison overcrowding. What this means is that many prisoners could be released under curfew and with an electronic tag, as well as the release … Continue reading →

I watched Dispatches last night on the Northern Bank Robbery in Belfast in December 2004. The programme was not great, it did not shed any light on the crime, did not reveal any additional facts and I felt it was … Continue reading →

It amazes me how a country that is so used to conflict can be so bad at it, yet the British have managed it. There were reports yesterday about two British soldiers in Iraq shooting an Iraqi policeman while undercover. … Continue reading →

Charles Clarke has just announced a new offence of glorifying terrorist acts. This power is so wide that the government essentially have the right to decide which historical figures were terrorists. Since only this week the UN were unable to … Continue reading →