Criminal Inflation

Judicial Britishness has set another example for the lesser breeds in the case of four Palestine Action protesters convicted of criminal damage to Israeli government property. Before the organisation had been proscribed, the judge in the case determined that their offence included a terrorist connection, apparently on the grounds that terrorism means attempting to influence a government and that interfering with the Gaza cleansing constituted an attempt to influence the government of the Righteous State. So as not to complicate matters or bother anyone too much, the trial jury was not informed of this codicil, which could mean swingeing penalties and life-long restrictions on the protesters' liberty if upheld. Fortunately, judges and juries will soon be released from all such cruel dilemmas thanks to the forthcoming abolition of jury trials, and eventually of all legal proceedings which do not contribute to the nation's economic growth.