so weird

Use it or lose it, chaps
Remember the stories about the RAF officer threatened with jail for refusing to serve in Iraq because he believed that the war there was illegal? Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith was to be court-martialled for "refusing to obey a lawful command" after he told his commanding officer that he would not go to Basra. This guy is the first war hero we've heard about. Talk about a science fiction reality. Talk about irony. It's enough to make a crazed protester grab onto Tony's legs in a surreal attempt to force him to change his mind - like this...



The Government's Terrorism Bill is currently going through Parliament. On Wednesday 9th November, the House of Commons will debate and vote on amendments to the Bill. You ever heard people complaining that the legislation is dangerous and you don't quite understand what he fuss is about?

The Bill could have serious implications for the civil liberties of anti-nuclear and peace protestors. Already the Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to target activists and campaigners.

These new measures could criminalise as terrorist activities the actions of peace campaigners - and incidentally such activities should be part of the average British man's week, as they are a small price to pay for unprecedented freedom and are the only way to keep hold of it. The very people who have highlighted the terrorist threat posed by nuclear facilities in the UK will be classed as terrorists themselves.

The New Terrorism Bill will:

- Treat peace protestors like terrorists

- Allow the police to hold you for 90 Days without charge

- Allow the Government to Ban Non-Violent Organisations

- Make it illegal to call for the overthrow of dictatorships


Yes, you read that last one correctly. As people from England, we pride ourselves on having the idiosyncrasy of expressing fondness for a person/thing/place by constantly criticising it - in most cases we would request that you please don't mistake our cynicism as hatred. In this particular instance, however, may we say that this legislation is the work of an utter SPAZ, who appears to think the best way to protect our nation against Islamic extremists is to run it as an Islamic extremist would. It's like protecting the last two pandas by sealing them in an impenetrable, airtight perspex case. We are in utter disbelief, as per freakin usual.