Because you were clamoring for one:
- Police warn householders of three convicted burglars but say they cannot describe them for fear of violating their human rights [Telegraph]
- Eight year old Connor McCreaddie is very fat indeed, so North Tyneside officials are considering taking him from his mum into protective custody [Gillespie, Reason “Hit and Run”]
- Sounds promising but haven’t seen: author Simon Carr has published compendium of legal horror stories entitled “Sour Gripes” [Telegraph]
- As in the U.S., prospect of discrimination suits has deterred efforts to keep unhealthily thin fashion models off the catwalk [Guardian]
- Ban on fox hunting not only is widely evaded but in fact has led to renaissance of the sport [Telegraph]
- “An incompetent expert [witness] can cause more misery than a psychotic gang member.” [Slapper/Times]
- Vacationing cop busted for Swiss Army knife [Daily Mail]
- In hospitals, perhaps a surfeit of privacy [Huddersfield Daily Examiner via KevinMD] and sensitivity [Daily Mail via ditto]
- Man obsessed by sex after motorcycling injury expected to get multi-million-pound award [Telegraph]
- Children’s sack race scrapped for lack of liability insurance [Telegraph]; industrialist says inordinate playground risk-aversion is bad omen for economy [ditto]
- Convicted armed robber “given legal aid to sue over a telephone message that reveals that his phone calls come from prison” [Telegraph]
- Familiar ring? Controversy mounting over “ambulance chasing”, allegations of sharp practices as no-fee-no-win injury work makes fortunes for some well placed solicitors [Times here, here, here, here]
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If it was true that the “ban on fox hunting … has led to renaissance of the sport”, one might expect the Countryside Alliance to be happy.
Could it be that Telegraph was “spun” on a subject so dear to their hearts?
Could it be that the eight people now convicted for the cruel sport have indeed got criminal records?
The case of Connor McCreaddie may not be a result of government overreaching. If he is so heavy that his life is in danger (according to his doctors) then he may have to be removed in order to save his life, which I believe would warrant the government stepping in, same as if he was being severely beaten at home instead. Letting him eat himself to death is another form of child abuse, in some ways even worse than physical abuse.