14 August (Part 2) - Government Policy is criminal
Labour’s
Deputy Prime Minister told us just before the election that she
thought that every part of the Kingdom should take its fair share of asylum
seekers and I suppose that until a way is found to disincentivise their arrival it is a reasonable point of view.
Presumably it has now become Government Policy and it is OK to spread the Socialist Word.
But don’t be tempted to help Angela out.
In particular don’t compress her desires down to six little words, even 100%
polite little words, and post them twice alongside a photo of our new neighbours on a Facebook page.
That would be very silly indeed. Someone who did exactly that has been put
behind bars for twelve weeks, discounted to eight after pleading guilty and
deleting the comments. Backing or amplifying Government policy is now a criminal offence
if it can be contorted into a perceived negative.
In the run up to the election I knew that a Labour Government would cost us
a lot of money but consoled myself with the thought that it might be worth it if another generation learned that
Labour Governments are a very bad idea.
What I hadn’t bargained for is that anyone who speaks up in public or even
in private has to be watching their back in case an agent of the state is listening ready to pounce.
Why eight weeks for that?
In 2012 a Bexley Councillor accused his neighbour of encouraging all and sundry
to put dog faeces through his letter box. It wasn’t true and I still have a copy
of the ‘offending’ Tweet and the Councillor’s signed statement to the police.
Thanks to the perjury which comes easily to some people including police
officers the accused was found guilty and given 80
hours of community service. The conviction was overturned on appeal by which
time the community service had been served.
Eight weeks in jail for mischievously commenting on Government Policy, a bit of litter picking
for dog crap through a letter box. It doesnְ’t make sense.
I repeat; the whole case was built on a lie and was eventually thrown out on Appeal but
the legal costs were not reimbursed.
The Councillor still sits on Bexley Council.
Note: Screenshot from Daily Telegraph.