First Simon Jenkins article on the importance of doing nothing

[Sir C]

I'm not sure. Practically everyone's had lunatic Left sympathies at some stage in their life, haven't they. Perhaps that's the trouble; had everyone always been as staunch as they now claim, we wouldn't be where we are now? After all, the Left has always struggled politically, electorally, over a longer period of time so, to alleviate this, it's always really been about the culture (education, the media etc.), for them. That's long been their battlefield of choice, so to speak.

I fúcking haven't, I can assure you.

[redgunamo]

I fúcking haven't, I can assure you.

Yeah, I think you have. Anyway, you certainly do now.

[Sir C]

Yeah, I think you have. Anyway, you certainly do now.

You can't say dem fings, r.

[Burney]

You can't say dem fings, r.

You found that bloke not guilty, didn't you? That was pretty lefty of you, I'd say.

[Sir C]

You found that bloke not guilty, didn't you? That was pretty lefty of you, I'd say.

It really, really wasn't. There simply wasn't anywhere near enough credible evidence to put his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

[redgunamo]

It really, really wasn't. There simply wasn't anywhere near enough credible evidence to put his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

That's a good point actually. We never really know, do we, as we weren't actually there. So then there's reasonable doubt, but what happens when people start to ask the question "What is reason."

[Sir C]

That's a good point actually. We never really know, do we, as we weren't actually there. So then there's reasonable doubt, but what happens when people start to ask the question "What is reason."

Oh the judge goes through all that nonsense ad nauseam before the jury retires. The legal definition of each of the words in the endictment, how to apply those definitions to the evidence presented, exactly what 'beyond reasonable doubt' means in legal terms, yadda yadda yadda.

It was fúcking boring, I can tell you.

[Burney]

It really, really wasn't. There simply wasn't anywhere near enough credible evidence to put his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

Yes, but he was clearly of the criminal classes, wasn't he? And if he hadn't done that, he'd done something else. Best to lock him up and be on the safe side imo.

[Sir C]

Yes, but he was clearly of the criminal classes, wasn't he? And if he hadn't done that, he'd done something else. Best to lock him up and be on the safe side imo.

Well he was a junkie with mental health issues but there was no mention of a criminal record. He was appallingly common, granted, but we can't lock all the common people up, can we? Who would serve us?

[Ash]

I fúcking haven't, I can assure you.

But you believe in equal rights for women and gays, Sir C! That makes you a raving pinko in redg's book, I imagine. Pwopah old-school conservative is redg.

EDIT: You probably don't even believe in God!