Tory MP arrested

[ratewhore]

Hopefully there isn't already a thread on this one as I haven't looked.

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A Tory MP has been arrested on suspicion of "conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office,"

Apparently it is to do with leaks from the Home Office connected to a whistleblower.

The Tories say:

'As shadow immigration minister, Mr Green has, on a number of occasions, legitimately revealed information which the Home Office chose not to make public.

"Disclosure of this information was manifestly in the public interest.

"Mr Green denies any wrongdoing and stands by his actions."

Also:

It follows a series of leaks including the news that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a Commons cleaner and a letter from the home secretary warning that a recession could lead to a rise in crime.

Seems to me that isn't a crime and this is a politically motivated arrest. But then, what do I know, I am only tax-avoiding scum...

[bodnobal]

About time too, I think he should be tried for treason and publicly hanged outside the Labour Party's official office.

[Waldorf]

Just before Brown became PM, an retired civil servant made the comment that Brown had "Stalinist tendancies" - this is just more proof1

[Liability]

Just before Brown became PM, an retired civil servant made the comment that Brown had "Stalinist tendancies" - this is just more proof1

well lets just hope the rumoured Picture of a rent boy with Gordon Brown that MI5 allegedly have never comes to light!

[NickFitz]

Odd really.

When chavs decide to pick and choose which laws they'll break and which they'll use in their defence, most people seem to find that unacceptable.

When a Tory MP shows the same contempt for the law, many of the same people bitch and whine about his being called on it.

Either you accept that the law applies to all, or you don't. If you don't, the law becomes meaningless.

ADDENDUM: And if, as he argues, his actions were in the public interest, then he potentially has a sound defence. A number of peace protesters and environmental activists have been acquitted of criminal charges brought against them concerning actions which they freely admitted having carried out, but argued were conducive to a greater good that was of higher importance than the actual criminality of their actions.

This defence is also open to this man, and again, it is for a court to determine if the ends justified the means.

He may well have been justified in his actions, but for justice to be done, it must be seen to be done - and never more so than in a case where a special justification for a normally criminal act is pleaded.

[OwlHoot]

.. He may well have been justified in his actions, but for justice to be done, it must be seen to be done - and never more so than in a case where a special justification for a normally criminal act is pleaded.

All the same, it was unbelievably stupid of the Government not to let it go, because they leak like sieves whenever it suits them and now they've laid themselves wide open to accusations of Stalinism, rank hypocrisy, lying through their teeth (as GB obviously knew in advance), and God knows what else.

It'll be interesting to see what Cameron has to say in his press conference at 8:00am today, assuming this is why he called it.

BTW, Green was arrested under the anti-terrorism laws. What else?

[Liability]

All the same, it was unbelievably stupid of the Government not to let it go, because they leak like sieves whenever it suits them and now they've laid themselves wide open to accusations of Stalinism, rank hypocrisy, lying through their teeth (as GB obviously knew in advance), and God knows what else.

It'll be interesting to see what Cameron has to say in his press conference at 8:00am today, assuming this is why he called it.

BTW, Green was arrested under the anti-terrorism laws. What else?

this is all down to Brown and his really bad Ego! I hope this backfires on the twit

[eliquant]

Its turning into an Orwellian nightmare, if you see Gordon on all fours grunting muttering to himself "two legs good, four legs bad" - you know its all over for us.

[ace00]

this is all down to Brown and his really bad Ego! I hope this backfires on the twit

"It was unlikely to be a coincidence that the arrest happened on Sir Ian Blair’s last day in charge of the Met.Sources close to the Shadow Cabinet suggested that an investigation into such a senior politician would have been cleared “at the very top”. "

Ian Blair showing his true colors like the worse kind of (Labour appointed) coward, having a kick, then running away. Doubt Brown's behind it.

[expat]

BTW, Green was arrested under the anti-terrorism laws. What else?

That is the disturbing part. As with Iceland's assets: just use anti-terrorism laws, they're ready to hand.

I suspect that some people in this government have more and more trouble seeing the difference between terrorism and something they don't like. Which is a reason to go easy on anti-terrorism laws.