“These final amendments should now resolve all right thinking citizens of Middle England that this is a sensible, worthwhile Bill which they would give their support to.”
So saith Kenneth Clarke, just prior to the passing of the Justice and Security Bill in the House of Commons last night. David Cameron and other senior ministers were drafted in at the end of a four-hour debate to ensure the amendments were defeated.He admitted the plans to hold more hearings in national security cases behind closed doors in so-called closed material procedures were not ideal, but said they offered “the only practical means of delivering justice where otherwise there would be none”.
Providing the entire Bill is passed formally later this week, it will mean
that some civil cases involving national security issues could be heard in
secret for the first time to protect sensitive information.
Existing terrorism statutes under RIPA have been used to prosecute people for putting too much rubbish in their bins, so there is no reason not to believe that this new statute will not see good, innocent people being gaoled on the whim of the CPS, with the gleeful complicity of police, parliamentarians and judges. This is, after all, an excellent way of getting rid of dissidents without the pesky requirement to show any evidence.
Kafkaesque might appear a fancy-pants literary term, but it's rapidly threatening to become a state of being in the UK.
Existing terrorism statutes under RIPA have been used to prosecute people for putting too much rubbish in their bins, so there is no reason not to believe that this new statute will not see good, innocent people being gaoled on the whim of the CPS, with the gleeful complicity of police, parliamentarians and judges. This is, after all, an excellent way of getting rid of dissidents without the pesky requirement to show any evidence.
Kafkaesque might appear a fancy-pants literary term, but it's rapidly threatening to become a state of being in the UK.
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