Thread: UK journalist Craig Murray jailed for 8 months

Originally Posted by Backspin

What I don't get is that they don't need to do this.

The issue is contempt of court. British judges have always dealt harshly with contempt.

Originally Posted by Shutree

The issue is contempt of court. British judges have always dealt harshly with contempt.

If you are stupid enough to break the law when you have actually been given a chance to stop breaking the law, then you are in the same intellectual territory as skidmark.

^^ It has been over 50 years since the last person was jailed for Craig Murray's 'offence', which I still don't really understand the basis of.

Originally Posted by sabang

^^ It has been over 50 years since the last person was jailed for Craig Murray's 'offence', which I still don't really understand the basis of.

You don't know what he did wrong?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You don't know what he did wrong?

It's Sabang.

^ Feeble mind.

Anyway, it's a stitch-up, just like the ongoing Assange case is a stitch-up. Pretty damn obvious.
If ya wanna justice system in which your political oponents can be stitched-up, quit criticising China & Russia.

Originally Posted by sabang

^ Feeble mind.

Anyway, it's a stitch-up, just like the ongoing Assange case is a stitch-up. Pretty damn obvious.
If ya wanna justice system in which your political oponents can be stitched-up, quit criticising China & Russia.

You're honestly trying to compare a transparent legal case tried in an independent judicial system with those of Russian and Chinky despots?

Are you trying to out-stupid klondick, because it's working.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You're honestly trying to compare a transparent legal case tried in an independent judicial system with those of Russian and Chinky despots?

Isn't it an achievement - for harry - and for the "independent judicial system" - being better than the "Russian and Chinky despots"?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You're honestly trying to compare a transparent legal case tried in an independent judicial system with those of Russian and Chinky despots?
Are you trying to out-stupid klondick, because it's working.

Wondering why harry - for the ones "trying to out-stupid klondick" - has not presented some "blatent" examples of "a transparent legal case tried in an independent judicial system", e.g.
Jeffrey Epstein - Alex Acosta, to name just one...

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Wondering why harry

fails to back his allegation with any evidence to support his knowledge of Mr. Murray's court case?

Don't hold your breath. He hasn't a clue on the case.

Originally Posted by OhOh

fails to back his allegation with any evidence to support his knowledge of Mr. Murray's court case?

Don't hold your breath. He hasn't a clue on the case.

I don't think you're much qualified to comment hoohoo, you still think Vlad has free and fair elections and Mr. Shithole doesn't control the chinky courts.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I don't think you're much qualified to comment hoohoo, you still think Vlad has free and fair elections and Mr. Shithole doesn't control the chinky courts.

Such "free and fair elections" and the "courts" controlling them - as we read daily about - I doubt that any country can ever accomplish...

Originally Posted by sabang

So the real question here is- what has Craig Murray done to upset the British Establishment, to be an ongoing thorn in their side? Why did they want him removed??

Someone to be an example to others?

One can read an unbiased opinion on the British legal system from some fat drunk who just tried sticking a finger up at it and paid the price?

Yeah, sure.

Craig Murray walks again. I'm pretty sure I saw him in a photo of Julian Assange's legal entourage actually- so I checked.



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