Is Brown in for a stint of porridge?

Comedian and prolific protestor Mark Thomas has added his tuppence to Comment is Free's Liberty and the State series.

There's a good opening paragraph:

Rarely do first lines have the potential to cost thousands of pounds (outside of libel), and rarely do I get to write words quite like those that follow, so forgive me an over-dramatic opening sentence, but yesterday lawyers acting for me started an attempt to get Gordon Brown into the dock.

Well, that's all it takes to get Westmonster's attention. Let's have a little look-see, shall we?

My lawyers delivered a letter to the director of public prosecutions on Wednesday afternoon calling for an urgent investigation into allegations that the prime minister broke the law by demonstrating unlawfully in Parliament Square last summer. If found guilty he could face 50 weeks in prison...

Crikey! What a thought eh?

Other highlights:

"Demanding more trolls"
"If the wearing of a brightly coloured proboscis constitutes a protest..."
"Making a crap law does not exempt you from its provisions..."

So what have the people said in response? Well, there's:

You want to see Broon in the dock for demonstrating unlawfully in Parliament Square. I want to see him in the dock for WAR CRIMES. I don't think he'd do his porridge with ease.

Nice. Then there's:

Wow, Mark Thomas is still so dangerous! What an anarchist. Ho-ho, and he's really socked it to Brown - who must be very nervous. The shockwaves generated by this audacious and rebellious act will resonate for many years, all over the world.

Now. now. Be nice or they'll bring Henry Porter back. Which is all well and good, but he kind of lacks humour a little, don't you think?

Written by Westmonster on 13 Dec 2007 10:07 AM. Permalink