@lyncey_gilbe@Keir_Starmer Why? CPS need a clear run at a case. They don’t want defence counsel gaining an advantage. English law is remarkably similar to poker. Never give your opponent an advantage.
@LegatWriter Keep writing Anna. Is it about fifteen years ago, or so? We corresponded. My scribblings were published. You asked for my publisher. As it turned out, you didn’t need them, you have gone to success apart. At the last count fifty six thousand were sold. Not best selling but..
@insiderlauren I think it would be better to compare with St David’s Day or St Andrew’s Day. Any Welsh or Scots willing to comment on what would be on sale then?
The Moslem or Christian festivals are religious and not really comparable with pride in our nation.
@JohnCleese I’m no apologist for lenient judges however the combination of Home Office directives, our bizarre sentencing guidelines and the fact that he was 14 at the time mean the sentence was almost inevitable. John - had you pursued a career in law instead of comedy?
@PrisonPlanet Interesting to follow the prosecution. What will an English court do with this vile specimen? Perhaps, more to the point, what CAN an English court do with him?
@EdinburghSpot In the grand scheme of things. It doesn’t matter. Spencer is one of five MPs. Five. Utterly insignificant. Irrelevant. Out of 650 constituencies, the Green/Brown vote is worth anything.
@DrUweSchmidt1@JohnCleese “A lawyer for 40years” and you defend your excuses: “closed Moslem community” and “played a passive part”? For raping a little girl? Unbelievable!