Sorry Kent forgot to answer your questions.
The news reports and papers and what they report are they right or wrong? So you believe everything you read and hear do you or is it just selective based on what your formed opininion is already?
Many news reports particulary the BBC show alot of bias based on what the Government want them to feed to us,this i have first hand fact on.
Have you not worked out that you only get reported what the Government want you to know and in a way they want you to hear it, thus already starting to form your opinion for you?
There is little or no negatives reported on what is happening in Afghanistan or Iraq apart from when a troop dies, they are quick to report the missions that have worked out but never the 9 out of 10 that we are failing in, our Government run the TV stations and the newspapers in the way they want wether you like it or not, so in answer to your question no the news papers (if you can call them that) and tv reports and government are not wrong they are just telling you what you want to hear.
Oh and i see your hero is the so called man they call Gaunt, the man with the morals of a sewer rat and the opinions of Atilla The Hun, mmm he works for a red top well known for its high class reporting and intelligently formed articles like example "Freddy Starr Ate My Hamster" sheer class!
Dave I was responding to the "poxy country" quote.
I notice from reading Kents posts that he always has the same people back him up and most other people just quietly slip away probably cos they have seen in the past how others get shouted down, there is very little what you call debating goes on cos the majority rule and the minority with an opinion just get shouted down and sniped at!!
Back to the man in question when did they release him cos i am under the distinct impression he is in Bellmarsh or somewhere secure being held as a flight risk, they will not release him as extradition has been granted, all without a trial in a court of law because he has not actually broken any laws here under the freedom of speech act.
After listening to the radio and watchin Q time etc I have to conclude to myself that most people are of the opinion that this giy should not stay in Britain. What is also agreed on is that maybe the system that has allowed this too happen may need looking at.
What has happened in effect is what should of happened and rightly so however anyone feels about it. The Government held this guy unlawfully the European Government pointed this out and made a judgement to that effect and the British goverment are abiding with the european decision. It is so much the right way to go whether you feel good or bad about it the system in place works.
What is awful I feel is the time it takes that it takes for the sytem to move things forward. I hear that Europe has allowed his final appeal and that it ay take five! Years to get to it.
Kent, the Law Lords ruled on Wednesday that Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan, because we have been given assurances that he will not be tortured, and will receive a fair trial. The Home Secretary has already signed his deportation order. He's likely to be here for another couple of years, because his lawyer will appeal to the European Court on Human Rights. It will be interesting to see what their decision will be on this, but I don't think the Lords would have made their judgement if they were in any doubt about the legality of their position. I'm not sure what I think about that just yet, but looks like he's gone soon enough.
As for as your seeming belief that the ECtHR has somehow been forced on us from Strasbourg, and is somehow against our interests, the UK we're instrumental in it's creation, and were one of the first signatories to the convention in the 1950s, because we wanted to see a system that was independently capable of protecting the freedoms and rights that we too often take for granted in this country.
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IF you are a member of the armed forces, I can assure you from the ammount I have spoken to, they do not hold your views at all.
Oh sorry Kent you must be right then cos i wont have met half as many troops as you in my line of work, maybe i could arrange for you to come and meet 42 squadron we are based not too far from you afterall and maybe you could then enlighten us all as to why we are bothering to try and protect a country where in your opinion majority rule and the minority is wrong and must lay down at your feet and beg for forgiveness especially when according to you its a poxy country and not worth bothering about. But hey you sleep tight in your bed mate safe in the knowledge that real terrorists who are not just talking about it, but who are actually plotting it and doing it are being stopped on a daily basis by the real people of this country who still think Britain is Great and who care enough to do something about it, and not just those that spout off all the bad stuff that goes on in this country, who run it down,always picking up on the negatives and never the positives.
So i will as you again what have you or are are you doing to make this "poxy" country as you think it should be, and if this "poxy country" is so bad why are you still here, and where would you rather be Jordan, Iraq or somewhere with great mountain views like Afghanistan, maybe you would like to accompany the man we are debating on his journey home?