Comments on: The legal system… http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/the-legal-system/ UK law blog Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:45:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: charonqc http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/the-legal-system/#comment-3650 charonqc Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:34:36 +0000 http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/the-legal-system/#comment-3650 I have always regarded Lord Jailbird as the high priest of trickiness - a personal opinion, I grant you - but one, substantiated to some extent, when he found himself writing three books from prison. Actually - those books were quite interesting - read them all. (What a fantastic waste of tax payer money to jail him. Far better to have had a mechanism to fine him - which would have brought in a bit of decent revenue, as opposed to costing us money. He was most unlucky to have been up for sentence at a time when prisons could actually take in new prisoners. Today? ) I am a believer in the concept of 'price paid'. He did his 'porridge' - and you have to hand it to the guy - he has presence. I feel pretty certain that he would be a tad pissed off, however, not to have been able to take the avuncular Portillo role of 'Chairman of the Board' (as foreman) ... so, of course, he had to steal the show with his 'knife edge' final word! Maybe all writers (even bloggers) suffer from this syndrome? I have always regarded Lord Jailbird as the high priest of trickiness – a personal opinion, I grant you – but one, substantiated to some extent, when he found himself writing three books from prison. Actually – those books were quite interesting – read them all. (What a fantastic waste of tax payer money to jail him. Far better to have had a mechanism to fine him – which would have brought in a bit of decent revenue, as opposed to costing us money. He was most unlucky to have been up for sentence at a time when prisons could actually take in new prisoners. Today? )

I am a believer in the concept of ‘price paid’. He did his ‘porridge’ – and you have to hand it to the guy – he has presence. I feel pretty certain that he would be a tad pissed off, however, not to have been able to take the avuncular Portillo role of ‘Chairman of the Board’ (as foreman) … so, of course, he had to steal the show with his ‘knife edge’ final word! Maybe all writers (even bloggers) suffer from this syndrome?

]]> By: janejill http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/the-legal-system/#comment-3649 janejill Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:04:57 +0000 http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/the-legal-system/#comment-3649 Hi CharonQC - I read quite a bit of Babybarista last night - I agree with you - thought that piece was just brilliant; I admire his/her nerve in blogging - bit like the Resistance transmitting when the Nazis were out hunting for the - I watch too much TV.. I also watched ALL of The Verdict, and enjoyed most of it - I usually like Carol Sears in the Times but thought she didn't quite get it; it just wasn't sensationalist, chav TV; I know editing can alter the mood and meaning but that did not happen, or at least not enough to alter the realism of the feelings and emotional wrench when coming to a "Not Guity" with a strong suspicion that there was guilt; better a traumatised girl who can try to overcome the pain than an innocent man incarcerated for umpteen years (oh that's a nice word) I do believe Jeffrey Archer weighed up the likely votes and came out as Guilty initially, so as to be the focus of the final minutes of the decision-making. So tricky.... Hi CharonQC – I read quite a bit of Babybarista last night – I agree with you – thought that piece was just brilliant; I admire his/her nerve in blogging – bit like the Resistance transmitting when the Nazis were out hunting for the – I watch too much TV..
I also watched ALL of The Verdict, and enjoyed most of it – I usually like Carol Sears in the Times but thought she didn’t quite get it; it just wasn’t sensationalist, chav TV; I know editing can alter the mood and meaning but that did not happen, or at least not enough to alter the realism of the feelings and emotional wrench when coming to a “Not Guity” with a strong suspicion that there was guilt; better a traumatised girl who can try to overcome the pain than an innocent man incarcerated for umpteen years (oh that’s a nice word)
I do believe Jeffrey Archer weighed up the likely votes and came out as Guilty initially, so as to be the focus of the final minutes of the decision-making. So tricky….

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