Why do we care what happens to this lowlife?

[d9f1c7]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16923527
I couldn't care less if they hang him by his toe nails in Jordan. So many handwringers whinning on the news today.

[chaptazbru]

You said 16:58 was your LAST post !!

[Anlyn]

I hate long goodbyes.

[sunny-dave]

Thanks Gromit - like several of us last night you have tried your best to make valid points about the rule of law in a civilized country - and like us have just been abused and vilified. Sad ...

[Ankou]

as oscar wilde said....

“there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. by giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”

[FredPuli43]

The interesting question is :If he has committed offences in, or triable in, this country but they cannot be tried because the evidence to try him is, or may be, inadmissible, because it was obtained by torture, how is it he can be tried in Jordan, and on what charges? (I can see that trying him here for entering on a false passport, hardly satisfies!)
At the time of its passing, I don't think any lawyer here thought that the Human Rights Act added to , or changed anything in, the existing common law and statutory rights in the UK. It was merely declaratory. Cynics could see that lawyers could make a happy living taking bad points under it, to no avail, and thereby increasing litigation. Let us, therefore, say it is merely declaratory of our existing rights, and let the judgment and action in cases such as this one be dependent only on what our courts, up to the Supreme Court decide.
(I think he will be deported anyway, on that basis)

[Anlyn]

Ankou, that had better of been directed at Gromit!

[pdust]

im gonna quote that next time someone asks me why i dont read papers instead of just saying...cos its boring...

[Ankou]

he has already been sentenced to life imprisonment in jordan. it is claimed that he may be tortured to give more evidence aginst others.

a 2008 report entitled 'torture and impunity in jordan's prisons' found overwhelming evidence that this is quite a popular hobby for prison warders in jordan.

[ludwig]

// BBC staff were also cautioned against using library images suggesting the cleric is overweight, because he has “lost a lot of weight //

Apparently they've also been told to try and only use images of him smiling and playing with little kittens.

You couldn't make it up!

[Anlyn]

LOL, love it ludwig♥

[derekpara]

Whatever happened to Cameron's British Bill of Rights he promised us in his manifesto ?

[anotheoldgit]

It is amazing that some are always saying "you shouldn't believe all you read in the papers" and yet they are regularly prepared to use Wikipedia as a source of information.