I'm not going to provide a link to this but it's been all over the press for the past few days.
These 2 girls who were arrested at Heathrow on (I think) some kind of pretext of prevention of terrorism (they were on their way to Syria).
How, exactly, does that work? They were (foolishly IMO) going to another sovereign nation to take part in a conflict that has nothing to do with this country. So how does that justify their arrest? Did we used to arrest mercenaries en route to Angola?
One of them had £7k stuffed down her undies. Even that's not an offence since according to HMRC you don't have to declare any cash when leaving the UK under the value of 10k Euros, or equivalent.
Surely if you want to go and fight someone else's war (and we're not actively involved in that war) then that's up to you? I mean, what about all those freedom fighters who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War?
Food for thought, or not? I'd be happy for somebody to point out something glaringly obvious that I've missed.
These 2 girls who were arrested at Heathrow on (I think) some kind of pretext of prevention of terrorism (they were on their way to Syria).
How, exactly, does that work? They were (foolishly IMO) going to another sovereign nation to take part in a conflict that has nothing to do with this country. So how does that justify their arrest? Did we used to arrest mercenaries en route to Angola?
One of them had £7k stuffed down her undies. Even that's not an offence since according to HMRC you don't have to declare any cash when leaving the UK under the value of 10k Euros, or equivalent.
Surely if you want to go and fight someone else's war (and we're not actively involved in that war) then that's up to you? I mean, what about all those freedom fighters who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War?
Food for thought, or not? I'd be happy for somebody to point out something glaringly obvious that I've missed.
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