It is Capitalism that should be toppled
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BLM activists who dumped Edward Colston statue into Bristol harbour cleared of criminal damage
Not sure if there’s a paywall?
Juries have cleared protesters despite there being no question of their having carried out the actions for which they were tried.
The Attorney general for England and Wales announced that she could refer the acquittal of the Colston Four to the court of appeal.
This the same Attorney general?
Attorney general faces calls to resign after she defends Dominic Cummings
Hello @metpoliceuk. You might want to have a word with @darrengrimes_ He’s allegedly encouraging the desecration of a burial site because he thinks this is “legal now” after four people were cleared of criminal damage to the Edward Colston statue. pic.twitter.com/wPlQzygxqY
— The Socialist Party (@OfficialSPGB) January 5, 2022
Government ‘subverting rule of law’ in Colston case’
Speaking to The Independent, Peter Herbert, a retired judge and chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, described the attorney general’s intervention as “a disgrace”.
He said: “The Court of Appeal has no role to play in this acquittal … Her involvement smacks of institutional racism, demonstrating the need to defend the narrative of slavery and oppression, the direct link to colonialism, and therefore to present day injustices.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/edition/article/148031?containerId=147606
Perhaps surprisingly Rees-Mogg has defended the jury system. Or perhaps not surprisingly as he likes old things and the jury system goes back a long way.
That the attorney general (who is supposed to be the government’s lawyer and give them independent advice) should be joining in the knee jerk Tory reaction just shows how Johnson’s has filled the post with an arse-licking crony rather than an independent-minded lawyer.
It remains to be seen if the case will be referred to the Court of Appeal but it won’t make any difference to the verdict or, I would have thought, to future jury decisions. Juries won’t like being told by governments what decision to make.
Wow, that tweet above is a pure embarrassment! Using official social media accounts to snitch to the police, surely that’s a no-no?
And surely SPGB members would be pleased if that Stalinist monstrosity was removed from Highgate cemetery. Not that anyone is going to topple it in the near future.
Actually, personally I have always been against that “Stalinist monstrosity” and was going to say so. I think that some anti-Castro Cubans once had a go at blowing it up.
Just seen this…2 stories
Extinction Rebellion: Jury clears protesters who climbed on train roof
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59996870
Extinction Rebellion: Plane glue stunt Paralympian has jail term cut
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