Just wrote to my MP George Freeman about the Justice Bill - better known as the INjustice Bill...
Dear George Freeman, You will know me from past letters. I very much hope that you believe in the rights of individuals to know what they are accused of, who has accused them and the evidence upon which they are accused. And to have their case heard in open court. It may be that some evidence must be given in a closed condition but the defendant and their legal representative at the very least MUST be present. If you do not believe this then I am afraid you are in the wrong country - this is not (yet) a banana republic run by a mindless dictator. My parents and your brothers and sisters fought a war against a man who ran his country using these techniques. Stop this Bill now George, before it is too late. Before powers that someone less scrupulous perhaps than Cameron gets their hands on. The US abandoned the moral high ground in their despair and can be forgiven perhaps - don't let us do the same thing. Not even Mrs T would have gone this far. Really George, she wouldn't and you know it.
Dear George Freeman, You will know me from past letters. I very much hope that you believe in the rights of individuals to know what they are accused of, who has accused them and the evidence upon which they are accused. And to have their case heard in open court. It may be that some evidence must be given in a closed condition but the defendant and their legal representative at the very least MUST be present. If you do not believe this then I am afraid you are in the wrong country - this is not (yet) a banana republic run by a mindless dictator. My parents and your brothers and sisters fought a war against a man who ran his country using these techniques. Stop this Bill now George, before it is too late. Before powers that someone less scrupulous perhaps than Cameron gets their hands on. The US abandoned the moral high ground in their despair and can be forgiven perhaps - don't let us do the same thing. Not even Mrs T would have gone this far. Really George, she wouldn't and you know it.
