Prisoners votes and Radio 5 Live
Radio 5 Live woke me up this morning to ask if I was prepared to do an interview in relation to this case at 12.30pm. Apparently, Mr Justice Burton is handing down his judgment in the High Court this morning.
I dread these kind of interviews because the level of debate tends to be in the gutter. The interviewer tends to play on stupid peoples ignorance and prejudices.
Meantime, Rocky needs his morning walk and I have to get some breakfast...
12pm Update: Radio 5 Live has called to say they no longer have time to cover this issue...
12.30 Update: Convicted murderer loses vote bid
A convicted murderer has lost a legal battle to be given the right to vote in elections while serving a prison term.
Peter Chester was jailed in 1977 for raping and strangling his niece and has so far been deemed too dangerous to be allowed out of jail on licence.
Lawyers had told the High Court his human rights were being breached.
Ministers are already considering changing the law after an earlier European Court ruling called for flexibility on votes for inmates.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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