Comments on: Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown

By: piersy

piersy — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:56:28 +0000

here here, Mark Curtis has lots of interesting things to say about turning swords into ploughshares (among many other things) in Web Of Deceit. I thouroughly recommend if you’ve not read it yet, though imagine it’s something of a standard text in these here parts.

By: Niels

Niels — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:01:40 +0000

One for the next parliament square demo, by the sound of it.
All equal under the law, and that…

By: dsquared

dsquared — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:43:40 +0000

in the interests of progressivism and non-negativism, my chosen alternative solution to this problem would be that we should continue to investigate the massive fraud, accept the cancellation of the al-Yamamah contract in in general get out of the business of massive subsidies to corrupt and inefficient industries. gotta be constructive here.

By: Rochenko

Rochenko — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:14:35 +0000

BAE Systems are a private company who have an advisory role in relation to the UK government. This gives them quite a large say in defence procurement policy, or in other words, in deciding what is in the 'national interest'. Pick your other examples: from the NHS to energy policy (National Grid plays a similar role), there are lots of shifty buggers whispering in Prince Tony's ear.

By: ejh

ejh — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:55:46 +0000

I suspect the interest concerned could accurately be described as neither wider, nor public.

By: piersy

piersy — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:17:40 +0000

and so you should stinky. This stinking decision requires the rebalancing of the rule of law against the wider public interest in seeing Blair slapped, and while we’re at it, flobbed on by the mightiest greenest hacking catarrh.

By: stinky

stinky — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:47:30 +0000

There are many things I avoid doing [and plenty i dont] because of them being against the law, well I reckon its open season now so I think next time blair speaks and I get the urge to shut him up with a dig to the jaw well WTF guess ill just slap the twat

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:56:58 +0000

“Nigh on irresistible” – good grief Justin. It is 100% irresistible.

The hyocrisy on this matter shown by our masters reeks to highe heaven!

With this and corruption, their very presence would lower the standards of decency on any prison wing in the country.

Thanks Mr Blair. Long ago, you made me ashamed of the part I belonged to for 15 years. Now you fill me with shame at my country!