Tuesday 13 November 2012

Put Up Or Shut Up

On one level, as Richard North says, the saga raises a wry smile at the massive pickle the Government have got themselves into over the release of Abu Qatada and the Human Rights Act.

One can also take a small crumb of comfort that this is yet another nail in the coffin that is our EU (and Council of Europe) membership. No longer is it about 'bent bananas' but real tangible, easily understood and toxic issues.

As always though there is a price to pay. And that price is the sight of the odious slime Nick Clegg faking concern:
Mr Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, said the government would appeal the ruling.
“We’re determined to deport him,” he told ITV’s Daybreak. “We strongly disagree with the court ruling, we’re going to challenge it, we’re going to take it to appeal".
“We’re absolutely determined to see this man get on a plane and go back to Jordan. He doesn’t belong here, he shouldn’t be in this country, he’s a dangerous person. He wanted to inflict harm on our country and this coalition government is going to do everything we can to challenge this every step of the way to make sure he is deported to Jordan.”
Utterly shameless, here he is in 2011:
Nick Clegg has issued a trenchant defence of human rights laws, setting out their strengths and saying his party will not let Conservatives water them down should there be a fresh push to renegotiate legislation.
I'm not a man usually prone to violence, but I'm thinking of ways that I can herd Nick Clegg et al over the nearest Buffalo Jump.

I'm heartily sick of it.

4 comments:

  1. Wasn't it Groucho Marx who said 'these are my principles and if you don't like them I have others'? And doesn't that apply perfectly to the atheist Mr Clegg and the other 649 parasites?

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  2. @JiC Yes it was, you're right. Sadly it doesn't make the rank hypocrisy easier to swallow though.

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  3. Maybe we could cuff Cleggy to Qatada and ship 'em both off on a one-way ticket.....

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  4. @treble9man I'm not sure Abu Qatada deserves that fate...rather harsh ;-)

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