Jack Inflammatory Straw Disses Da Cops

BBC News - Jack Straw 'sceptical' about overworked police

Oh, you just couldn't make it up!

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has told the BBC he is "sceptical" about claims by some police that they are overworked and spend hours filling in forms.

He said some officers "quite enjoy" being in the station "in the warm" and some forces did better than others.

Often the difference was due, not to resources, but to the "discipline and culture" within the force, he said.

But the Police Federation, which represents officers, said the remarks were "irresponsible and inflammatory".

PD James interviewed Straw this morning on the Today programme.

Straw Passes Probation Buck

Jack Straw: total shit.

Cameron Broken BBC Politics Goes Post-Bureaucratic

Oh, to be in Blighty:

in Britain today a growing culture of rule-following, box-ticking and central prescription robs people of the chance to use their judgement or to take responsibility for making the right decisions.

And an increasingly Orwellian surveillance state - symbolised by the simultaneously ineffective and intrusive ID cards scheme - reminds people that the powers-that-be don't really trust them.

So this compounds the rage that we feel.

We rage that as we go about our business we are picked and poked and bossed around, annoyed and irritated and endlessly harassed by public and private sector officialdom...

...that treats us like children with rules and regulations and directives and laws that no-one voted for, no-one supports, but no-one ever seems to be able to do the slightest thing about.

No trust. No discretion. No judgment.

Astute words from David Cameron, who seems to have caught something essential in the public mood that is eluding Labour and the mainstream media. But...he's a politician salivating at the prospect of being Prime Minister and he'll promise anything he thinks will get him votes.

As Neue Arbeit Macht Frei points out, the central problem is not properly addressed, ie that to regain our national sovereignty and democracy we must leave the EU. Cameron is kite-flying when it comes to the EU - he's the only UK political leader daring to talk about it openly. If the anti-European powder trail catches fire he may end up with something he hadn't bargained on.

Just watched the BBC 6 o'clock news version of events. No mention of the EU, of course, and, in the interest of 'balance', a deft redirection to the line that all the major political parties are urging reform, then back on to the expenses saga.

Cue also the execrable Straw, defending the government's indefensible track record, inviting Cameron to cross-party talks on the issue. He deserves a punch in the face.

Straw Abandons Secret Inquests

Jack Straw ('Justice' secretary) has apparently abandoned plans to introduce secret inquests.

I say 'apparently' because you never know what else the bastard has up his sleeve.

Joke Of The Day

Jack Straw and a 'Bill of Rights'.

What A Bloody Shower

UK government renews plans for secret inquests. Bastards.

That's courtesy of Jack Straw. Bastard.

UK government changes law to prevent disclosure of MPs' expenses. Bastards.

That's courtesy of Harriet Harman, Class Warrior and Toff. Bitch.

And also Jack Straw (again). Bastard and Orifice.

UK government denies parliament a debate on Heathrow's 3rd runway. Bastards.

In a bid to raise his political standing Miliband admits that the 'war' on terror was a load of toss. Bastard.

Here's Jacqui Smith with that other pointless bitch, Blears, hosting a 'summit' in the community about the situation in Gaza and the government's response to it, etc, etc. Bitch.

Vadera's green shoots are a bit premature. Jesus, I remember them the first time round. Bitch.

Vampire Jack At The Liberties Blood Bank

'Nice cup of blood, missus.'

Jack Straw, Defender of Liberties and Architect of the RIP Act (Civil Liberties and Privacy Abolition Act) 2000, wants to 'rebalance' the Human Rights Act.

Cameron has added his pennyworth.

Our Jack's a bit 'frustrated' apparently, about the way courts sometimes interpret the Act. Which is strange, considering a) the Act was introduced under Labour b) Labour have been in power for 11 years (plenty of time to get something right, don't you think?), c) the government tell judges what sentences they can pass and d) Jack Straw has Home Secretary at the time of the Act.

The Mail's article is more detailed than the Guardian's (link above) and shows Straw swiping at everything from ambulance-chasing lawyers to the increase in workplace litigation and undeportable terrorists. Much of what he complains about is of his own doing.

Straw is worried about the 'drift to a law of privacy' - which would, of course, go against his government's remorseless attempts to strip citizens of all privacy in front of the state.

He's also keen to produce a 'Bill of Rights and Responsibilities'. It's that last bit that gives the game away. Our responsibilities to the state is what he means, although he dresses it up in patriotic language. There won't be anything in it (if it ever comes into being) about the responsibilities of members of the state apparatus to us.

I can tell Mr Straw that my responsibilities as a citizen are simply not to break the law (and Labour have added many of those over the last decade). Beyond that, the government can go intercourse itself.

I have no responsibility to fulfil any state jackass's requirements to be a good or 'productive' citizen and no one has the right to impose such a sanction upon me.

No one has the right to judge the level of my patriotism (and by the way, Mr Straw, my loyalty is to my country, not to the state - and certainly not to you or your government). As a result of your connivance and collusion, Mr Straw, that country now not only has no sovereignty, having surroundered that to the EU, but is also being broken up into regions by the EU.

So, what's this all about? Anything to do with the European Court's judgement against British police keeping innocent people's DNA, perhaps? Or the fact that there's going to be an election in the next year and Labour need to appeal to as much of the mob as possible?

Or possibly that our Jack is losing his marbles and wants more blood in the form of our rights for sacrifice?

You can bring a vampire to a bath of blood and he will surely drink his fill.