Banquo's Ghost
02-09-2007, 15:11
As a Grumpy Old Man, I occasionally have to give in to my "Daily Mail" moments and do some public spluttering.
I saw this advert for a courtroom (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=verdict) reconstruction programme on the venerable BBC today.
Aside from the usual has-beens and barely remembered, and the suspicion that it is likely to be salacious rather than informative, what in all the nine Hells is Jeffrey Archer doing on the jury?
This person is a convicted criminal, a liar and a generally disreputable crook. Whilst he has a lot of experience in courts, it's been gained mainly from the perspective of the dock.
It's bad enough that the law apparently allows him to retain his seat in the Lords (therefore to influence real legislation - whereas had he been an elected MP, his conviction would have forced him out of the Commons - and he has not had the common decency to resign from the Upper House as honour would dictate regardless of law).
But the British taxpayer coughing up to line his wallet from the licence fee?
*wanders away muttering, shaking his stick*
I saw this advert for a courtroom (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=verdict) reconstruction programme on the venerable BBC today.
Aside from the usual has-beens and barely remembered, and the suspicion that it is likely to be salacious rather than informative, what in all the nine Hells is Jeffrey Archer doing on the jury?
This person is a convicted criminal, a liar and a generally disreputable crook. Whilst he has a lot of experience in courts, it's been gained mainly from the perspective of the dock.
It's bad enough that the law apparently allows him to retain his seat in the Lords (therefore to influence real legislation - whereas had he been an elected MP, his conviction would have forced him out of the Commons - and he has not had the common decency to resign from the Upper House as honour would dictate regardless of law).
But the British taxpayer coughing up to line his wallet from the licence fee?
*wanders away muttering, shaking his stick*