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anotheoldgit | 14:35 Sat 10th Aug 2019 | News
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https://spectator.us/tommy-robinson-40-pounds-prison/

/// Robinson’s offense was to film and name suspects in a grooming gang trial. This was illegal, and might have caused a mistrial, but, as his supporters point out, the British press has a long history of doing worse. Perhaps more convincingly, they also argue that had Robinson been a hard-left ‘activist’ rather than a ‘far-right’ bigot or racist, the left-wing press and the BBC that now assail him would be defending him as a fearless ‘citizen journalist’, talking ‘truth to power’. ///

How true is that?

And why is he in a high security prison, he should be in an open prison, if at all.
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v-e; Recently read Our Man in Havana & then sent off for the b/w DVD; Noel Coward, Alec Guinness, Burl Ives & Ernie Kovacs - oh boy, would I have liked to have a drink with that quartet!
I don't believe that knowing boundaries and having common sense are requirements for those who see themselves as leaders.

Just check out Downing Street.
What sentence did the grooming gang get?
20 men convicted, a total of 220 years.
Our Man in Havana. Yes, the truth behind the Cuban missile crisis.
v-e; Yes all we had were vacuum cleaner parts. Did you know b.t.w. Noel Coward painted? he called them his, "Touch and Gauguins"
// Did you know b.t.w. Noel Coward painted?//

I didn't know that, dear boy.
It was illegal and therefore prosecutable.

But, there is mitigation of sorts by way of even handedness. In as much as previous journalistic endeavours in ‘whistle blowing’. So if he is guilty then so is every other journalist that has ever reported on a case as it happens.

And of course there is the thing now of name and allow others to bravely come forward.

It’s swings and roundabouts.

Personally I think he should have filmed it all and when the court cases were over to publicise it far and wide.
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/// Details of the men's convictions and sentences can only now be published after reporting restrictions on a series of trials were partially lifted ///

'Partially lifted' I wonder what can still not be reported on?
AOG - // 'Partially lifted' I wonder what can still not be reported on? //

Because they are Muslim / non-white / non-British.

One / two / all of the above (delete as appropriate).
The natural inference to be derived from the apparent arbitrary nature of the reporting restrictions (look at Robinson going into court as a defendant and the crowds of mainstream "journalists" surrounding him, thrusting mikes in his face and asking aggressive questions in a tone clearly not designed to reduce his stress levels) is that this particular form of sexual violence is not under any circumstances to be seen as a pattern of behaviour whose causes need to be understood.

Most especially, the glaring correlation between the perpetrators and Muslim "community" must be suppressed. Or, when that correlation is unavoidably exposed as in the Andrew Norfolk Times revelations, then the merest hint that the correlation may have ideological causes must be suppressed.
He's not a journalist. That was conceit and artifice on his part. Happy to see him rot.
And there is no automatic right to a certain category of prison. Most offenders are received by one prison of whatever category and later placed elsewhere within the system (if there's room) Robinson and his supporters know that all too well yet spin the yarn for the gullible to swallow. Tiresome really.
"'Partially lifted' I wonder what can still not be reported on?"

The victims' names continue to be withheld and it may be that some of the accused are involved in other cases.
//He's not a journalist. That was conceit and artifice on his part. Happy to see him rot.//

It may indeed be a conceit, Sparta. But you're not suggesting that the rules on reporting restrictions should be applied and punished differently to "citizen" journalists from "real" ones. Or are you?

There have been a few cases of mistrials, I believe, caused by prejudicial reporting (and you can imagine the massive cost of abondoning a possibly lengthy trial and re-scheduling it), but none of the journalists responsible have ever been jailed. The typical punishement is a fine of £20,000 or something, for which, I guess, the journalist's boss will pick up the tab.
Sparta //He's not a journalist. //

Define 'journalist' please, adding why he isn't one.
// I'll try the 'Someone has done something worse' defence next time I'm in trouble. //
and follow it up with examples: the germans killed all those jews or the japanese experimented on and killed American prisoners of war.

Tarmy filmed outside a court which I would think was lawful but then streamed it on the internet, which I would think was not.
/// 'Partially lifted' I wonder what can still not be reported on?//

the people / men convicted can be reported on - those still accused and not yet tried are entitled to privacy
// And why is he in a high security prison, he should be in an open prison, if at all.//

and where is all the usual AB cant such as
pupll his fingernails out, shut him up with bullies, throw acid in this face and so on ....
which is usually chanted when some gay perv is convicted .....

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