Sim-O

The way the weather has been recently, it feels like…

Labels: Music

The full transcript of the CPS decision not to prosecute any one is here.

In it it make pretty clear that even if anybody expected to receive an honour for the loan/donation, or if anyone was going to give an honour because of the loan/donation, there was no unambiguous agreement to give an honour for a loan/donation.

In a case such as this, the essence of the offence lies in that unambiguous agreement. If one person makes an offer, etc, in the hope or expectation of being granted an honour, or in the belief that it might put him/her in a more favourable position when nominations are subsequently being considered, that does not of itself constitute an offence. Conversely, if one person grants, etc, an honour to another in recognition of (in effect, as a reward for) the fact that that other has made a gift, etc, that does not of itself constitute an offence. For a case to proceed, the prosecution must have a realistic prospect of being able to prove that the two people agreed that the gift, etc, was in exchange for an honour.

Fair enough, as an agreement could be kinda hard to prove.

So. Definitely no agreement then… (nudge nudge wink wink)

Labels: Politix

Bad day for the Tories.
It’s surprising how a hug can make things better, so…

INSTRUCTIONS:

– Find a Tory weblog
– Leave a *hug* under ‘comments’
– Leave
– Spread the love by repeating this message on your weblog… and include a link to your hug

I thought the brave face Ian Dale is putting on, he needed a hug.

Update: Guido was obviously needing a hug too, what with the prospect of not getting a book out of Lord Levy.

(From Manic)

Comments

Labels: Politix

Tim Worstall’s post about the debate that has reappeared about reclassifying cannabis:

Yes, we know, the whole debate over whether cannabis should be Class B or Class C is stupid: the only sensible question anyone should be asking is whether the corner shop can sell it in packs of five or ten.

has quite a grown-up debate going on in the comments.

Labels: Drugs

Israel has begun the release of a number of Palestinian prisoners in an effort to bolster Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in his power struggle with Hamas.

Ian Domnitz, a spokesman for the prisons authority, said: “We have begun to free 256 prisoners, including six women.”
…
Israeli officials said 85 per cent of the prisoners being released were from the president’s Fatah faction.

The others are from smaller groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP].

Now, what about the other 10,500 palestinians rotting in Israeli prisons?

Labels: Palestine

After 16 months of investigation the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to drop the case of the government giving honours in return for donations.

How can that be? I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but something doesn’t seem right.

Link

Update: This’ll be the reason why then.

Labels: Politix

Right. I’ve had enough.
I don’t like SPAM!!*
I’m cutting ties with an email address, it doesn’t affect anyone reading this unless I’ve logged into your blog, in which case you’ll find the new one, or just use the ‘Let’s talk’ link in the sidebar.

This is really just a tedious link to…

*may contain traces of lie.

Labels: The t’internet

Link:Belfast Telegraph

WTF?
Celebrating the Battle of Boyne by burning a shed load of tyres and poisoning everyone with the fumes. Not really thought through properly, is it.

Impressive tho’.

Labels: Odds and Sods

No. I’m not going to do it. Uh-uh. Nope. No way am I going to blog about that fucker.

Labels: Politix

Purity of Arms? Most moral army in the world?
Fuck off.

An al Aqsa TV cameraman being shot on the ground by Israeli soldiers until both of his legs needed amputating.

Hat-tip: JSF

Labels: Israel