Remember when the President of the United States was said to be above both the law and the Constitution? It seems from the reaction to the Binyam Mohamed story in predictable quarters that, not the actual President of the United States, but whoever they think ought to be, still is above both the law and the Constitution, not merely of the United States, but of every country on earth, including this one.
Twice this week, so far, there have been major defeats in court for those who have dusted down old anti-liberty proposals from the Michael Howard years and before, and who have then tried to terrify us all into accepting them by noisily "foiling" non-existent plots to release ricin in London, to blow up Manchester United, and so on. As the events over Christmas were far from the first to illustrate, even such Islamic terrorists as we do face are isolated, short of funds, and not really any good at it, anyway.
And they have nothing, nor have they ever had anything, to do with either Afghanistan or Iraq. Or, for that matter, Iran.
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Have you seen Con Couglin's Telegraph piece? Despicable.
ReplyDeleteWho has not?
ReplyDeleteRebutted by Alex Deane, whom I know slightly and with whom I have a number of mutual friends, at http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2010/02/the-telegraphs-con-coughlin-is-a-disgrace.html.
Alex would make a very good addition to the Hundred Peers.