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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*

BDC
02-09-2007, 15:42
He's served his sentence...

He made a lot of money out of it too. Damn these authors.

Kralizec
02-09-2007, 15:43
Oh, the irony!

What was he in jail for?

InsaneApache
02-09-2007, 16:37
Oh, the irony!

What was he in jail for?

Telling fibs and having a smelly wife. :smash:

Sir Moody
02-09-2007, 16:48
it gets better - ole Jeff looks like hes the jury's Forman in the adverts - even better :laugh4:

Duke of Gloucester
02-09-2007, 17:38
If I have read this (http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/juror/summoning/elegibility/index.html) correctly, he is not even ELIGIBLE to serve on a jury!

English assassin
02-09-2007, 18:28
Blimey, can you imaigne being charged and walking into court to find that lot of doll's heads as your jury. "No, no, I'll take 12 crack addicts from Dagenham, anything but them"

Unless you were charged with wife beating of course in which case I am sure Stan Collymore would see you were all right. Allegedly.

Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
02-09-2007, 19:19
They could have spent the money on another adaptation of Ivanhoe, or just re-run the last one.

Incongruous
02-10-2007, 05:07
Or for bullets and Guns for which to shoot themselves with.
Though, would that be enough bullets?