So, Sally Can Wait
My friends, I was going write a very short post this morning - "Nick is good today." And the first comment begins "First time I have ever said 'listen to Mr Cohen'."
However, if I write this, I'm connected to the internet. So... yes it's a good story, good for Nick for writing it, but ... he took his time. (I really really apologise for the title, btw. I know it's too late...)
Journalist accused of corrupting a police officer Press Gazette 13 August 2007. Much more informative. Via Richard Wilson. The writer, not the actor, who has links from blog posts dated 6 September and 13 September.
Still, good for Nick for not, er, walking on by. I hope other papers pick this up. If civil liberties in this country go down the toilet, don't ...
However, if I write this, I'm connected to the internet. So... yes it's a good story, good for Nick for writing it, but ... he took his time. (I really really apologise for the title, btw. I know it's too late...)
Journalist accused of corrupting a police officer Press Gazette 13 August 2007. Much more informative. Via Richard Wilson. The writer, not the actor, who has links from blog posts dated 6 September and 13 September.
Still, good for Nick for not, er, walking on by. I hope other papers pick this up. If civil liberties in this country go down the toilet, don't ...
posted by Chardonnay Chap at 9/21/2008 09:17:00 AM
8 Comments:
Septic Isle was good on this in February. The Guardian reported this in March.
And Private Eye have been running stuff on it all year.
The chesseboard beats the chessboard to it.
Since most of the stuff in the Eye about it has been written by "Ratbiter" and some people seem to think Ratbiter is aka Cohen maybe he's just taking it up in his Obs column as well now.
The only thing I'd quibble about is
"Jack Straw, Jacqui Smith and the senior lawyers at the Crown Prosecution Service learned all about the case. Not one of them told Thames Valley to back off."
I'm not clear that they (a) have the power to do so or (b) wouldn't be abusing their position if they did.
Well, prosecutions are brought by the CPS; they don't have any power to stop the police harassing people, but they certainly have the power to ensure that the person being harassed doesn't end up in the dock. The fact that Murrer and Kearney are going to court suggests to me that there's more going on here than police high-handedness - more like a change of line on who can talk to the police and under what conditions, with Murrer made an example to encourage the others.
Indeed Phil, I was really thinking about Straw and Smith.
Its good that he raised it, but so low is my confidence in Nick's abilities these days, that I didn't believe a word of it until I'd checked the whole thing for myself. Which is kind of sad, really.
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