Conspiracy and the Blog War - Let the battle commence!

Information is power. And, politics is about power. I must admit, the first time that I saw Croydonian on 18doughtystreet.com the internet TV station, I formed the opinion that he was arrogant, a snob, and effeminate in mannerisms. The type I take an instant dislike to. When I saw him again, on Blogger TV last night, I groaned silently. But, then I laughed out loud when I caught a flash of him wearing day glow yellow socks! How can you take such a clown seriously? Still, as Blogger TV is my brainchild, I did not switch off and suffered the rest of the show in silence. I was thankful when it finished 5 minutes early, it just gave me enough time to make a coffee before watching The News at Ten on BBC1, followed by Newsnight on BBC2. There was a right old ding dong of a battle on congestion charges. They say that a change is as good as a rest, I had forgotten how good that programme can be, it was almost worth me going out and buying a TV Licence. There again, I have this thing against Crapita and I don't intend to boost it's profits when there is no need to pay.

On Blogger TV, The Chunt brought up the subject of the Wife in the North and her reported £70,000 book deal. Iain was miffed at the size of the advance, and there was a bit of bitchiness. True, when I read that she had a Times connection, and the Times broke the story, there is a whiff of a possible conspiracy. Still, she writes well and that cannot be taken away from her. Unlike some of the cretins who posted on Croydonian relatively recently.

I was looking for Steve Taylor's blog, pigeon something or other, to provide a link on my site, and searched Google for prisonlawinsideout to see if his reference too me was in that place. It wasn't, but I stumbled upon "Stupid criminal of the year" on Croydonian and he mentioned that it was not a reference too me. The twit istanbultory suggested that my blog must be in the running for worst blog (obviously he has not read Rachel North London's post on her blog where she opined that jailhouselawyer has a top blog). Newmania(c), I was surprised to learn is male, as I had wrongly supposed that the bitchy comments came from a female. In any event, he refers to my blog as "Eugene" and it is a reference to something sung by Pink Floyd. It was lost on Croydonian and I am puzzled too. I know that in prison "The Mad Dog of Pudsey" used to call me Crazy Diamond, and this certainly came from the lyrics of Pink Floyd as we used to smoke dope and play their records in Long Lartin Prison. "Peter Hitchens" before he bottled it to the real Peter Hitchens posted this comment "The axe murderer is now barred from guido no doubt our mr dale has done likewise". As usual The Hitch, who is now my prison bitch, was talking shit. I still post on both of those sites. Croydonian replied "He's already got a lifetime - and life means life...- ban here, in advance of any attempt post". So, I put it to the test and posted a comment.

"Croydonian: You're a bore. Bring it on, tosser!". He replied (haughtily) "Mr Hirst, Do not post here again. Ever. My comment makers find you morally reprehensible and even supposing that I did not, that would be sufficient to bar you. Your repeated threats of making recourse to legal action are out of place in the convivial place that is the British political blogosphere, and I would counsel you to research the outcome of Dering v Uris before filing a libel action that will most probably be struck out at the first instance. You are also a solipsistic bore with the characteristic chippiness of the autodidact. If you choose to ignore this, any comments you make including any emanating from your IP address but with different alias will be deleted". So, I caught him out in a lie. I had to laugh out loud at "the convivial place that is the British political blogosphere". What a numpty, hello, anyone in there, it's a jungle, you fucking muppet! When the idiot has the string of legal victories that I have amassed, it might just be possible that I would seek his advice, but doubtful, as I am the number one in the country in this area of expertise. Talk about teaching your grandmother to suck eggs...It's a matter of public record that I am self-taught, that's why I don't need lessons from someone with a little knowledge.

Anonymous said: "I think I have also tripped up his budding media career, I can't believe Dale was thinking of having the fucker on his programme". And, there I was thinking it must have been something I said. It is true that Iain Dale both announced on his blog and on 18DS that he was inviting me on to discuss the prisoners votes case. Iain Dale has not had the common decency to email me and rescind the offer and give his reasons for so doing. I think that it is time that Iain Dale came clean about this whole affair. I have exposed a conspiracy. Yet more sleaze from the Tory Party! Just as well he was not selected. There is already enough corruption in politics without adding to it by someone heavily engaged in a conspiracy. At the very least, I believe that Iain Dale should offer me a public apology for his ungentlemanly conduct. Is this how Iain Dale repays the man for giving him the idea for Blogger TV, which has proved to be the most popular progamme on 18DS? Besides being a prison law consultant, I am also a media consultant (albeit not in the same league as Max Clifford). It just goes to show how ignorant some of these bloggers and posters are. It's Iain Dale's and the viewers loss. I have a very good relationship with the media (not the RedTops), and they have based their prejudices on one article by Andrew O'Hagan. Admittedly, it was not the best article ever written about me. But, I thought the photo was good and use it on my profile on this blog.

Croydonian posted: "Did the Dalemeister pull him? If so, stout work all round". Anonymous replied: "the axe murderer wasn't exactly candid despite his claim) manslaughter can mean you were unlucky to get into a fight and somebody died, could happen to any of us. A bit different from axeing somebodies mum to death because you felt like it and then not express remorse, he should be either dead or at least in prison". On the contrary, I am very candid and believe that honesty is the best policy. This idiot on the other hand, refers to murderer and then manslaughter and gives the vision in his head which does not match the facts. It is a pity that he did not watch the 15 minute Ch4 News item in which Simon Israel went into the circumstances of my case, or listen to the Michael Buerk programme, The Choice on Radio 4, when he spent half an hour on the subject. I am a very literal person, and when as a child I exposed white lies by adults I lost trust in them. I did not know then that this literal approach was down to my Aspergers Syndrome. In the past I have been accused of being too truthful. I don't believe that anybody can be that. However, I have learnt that the truth can sometimes hurt and that some people prefer to tell or hear white lies. And, that I then get accused of saying something inappropriate. I think that we all do that at times, but with Aspergers it is more common.

On the issue of remorse, the first person who opined that I showed no sign of remorse was a police doctor who asked me no questions in relation to the offence and only took intimate samples from my person. People with Aspergers have difficulty with empathy. Its not the same as not expressing remorse. The diminished responsibility, at the time of the offence, meant that I was not in my right mind, that is, mentally off balance. Therefore, full criminal responsibility is not present. I cannot feel guilt for being mentally ill. I handed myself into the police. The Court of Appeal has stated on, at least, two occasions that someone who self reports themselves to the police is a strong indication of remorse. I have seen prisoners cry in the dock, not out of remorse but out of self pity and some people are fooled by this display. One day on the prison exercise yard I was talking to one of the Guilford 4 or Birmingham 6 (I cannot remember which), and brought up the subject of remorse, and he said not to worry about it as it is a middle class thing to make you feel even more guilty. This is the comment that Andrew O'Hagan reported in his article. I would rather he asked do you feel bad about what happened? That would have got a yes, for example, in Erwin James's article, he asked if I had any regrets, I replied yes, killing my landlady. What a lot of people do not understand, is that prison humour is very black, gallows humour. And the first comment from a London gangster in front of an audience who were watching the news report on TV was "You know what they say Hirsty, if you want to get ahead in life...get an axe". Prisoners found it amusing and laughed. Not at the offence, but at the joke. It was funny, I could not be offended at the remark, and I laughed as well. Similarly, when I was in police custody, I made the comment, I bet she's got a bit of an headache. It was wry humour, something to say, inappropriate, admittedly, but it was in response to something the copper had said which permitted a moment of light relief in a tragic case. Whipping myself would not have brought the victim back to life. It was final. Some people read too much into this and miss the main points. When they wheeled a sixteen year old, in a body bag, who had committed suicide, past the breakfast queue, the heavy atmosphere was broken when some wag quipped "Can I have his cornflakes, because he won't be wanting them now?", the tension broke into laughter. It did not lessen the tragedy. It could happen to anybody, it is one of the easiest things to do is kill someone, it is the show of control that is the hardest. I did not kill my landlady because I felt like it. There were deeper psychological and social factors combined with the failure of the Probation Service to do anything about it when I reported that something was going wrong and my head was in bits and I needed to be moved. They ignored the warning signals I was sending. I did not say that I was going to kill her because I did not know at that time that it would happen. They had alternative accommodation, but told me that none was available, it could have been prevented and the change could have benefited me instead I felt trapped and lashed out. It was not her that I was attacking but the situation like in the American film where the actor was stuck in a traffic jam and it went downhill from there.

Verity said: "Well, excuse me if I elbow my way in here, but I was the first one to mention, in tones of revulsion, that Dale was planning to have the chewing gum you can't scrape off the bottom of your shoe on 18 Doughty Street. I mentioned it two days ago before everyone else got in on the act. And then I mentioned it again. You didn't spike the remorseless axe murderer of an old lady's media career alone, PHitch. I'd already got the underpinnings in place when you came in and added some much needed muscle! So sad, really. He was looking forward to his appearance on TV that he mentioned it several times. Oh well, life holds many a bitter disappointment for axe murders who dream of media stardom. Maybe he could go on Big Brother House or Help, I'm a Celbrity". Nasty piece of work. I have more than enough newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV appearances. I am famous outside of the blogosphere whereas Verity, who? What was different about 18DS is that I have not done internet TV, and Iain had promised to give the prisoners votes case a proper airing on Vox Politix with a panel of guests. It wasn't about me you silly cunt! It was about prisoners human rights. No way would I go on Big Brother even in the unlikely event I was asked, nor on I'm a Celebrity, as I don't watch or like the programmes. My only interest is to push for prisoners rights. I never sought fame, it was the media reporting that did that but I took it on board and kept my feet on the ground. Nor did I envisage that I would make history with the prisoners votes case. That only dawned later when the media kept mentioning how long the legal position had been in place until I came along. The first man since 1870 to progress the issue, that did give me a warm glow inside. I can understand why these small minded people in their small world become envious. They cannot stand it when someone else steps into the spotlight and upstages them. All these grains of sand are worthless and its the nuggets of gold which have value. They are going to be very disappointed very shortly, watch this space...