Re: [LU] Non LU - Simon Cowell Act

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tweney
is anyone suggesting that in a different context a Simon Cowell would have a criminal record himself? Don't know about have one, but his X-factor lot have certainly released a few! :-) Is that a coat I see before me? ... Maverick. PS. On a related note, I see a Brit won the French vers

Re: [LU] Non LU - Simon Cowell Act

2011-07-04 Thread Ian Murray
Totally - but they're talking about repealing it. We definitely need a written constitution, in one document, binding on Parliament IMHO. Sent from my iPhone On 4 Jul 2011, at 21:36, Simon Austin wrote: > On 04/07/2011 09:28, Ian Murray wrote: >> Nope. Freedom of expression is important. Look a

Re: [LU] Non LU - Simon Cowell Act

2011-07-04 Thread Simon Austin
On 04/07/2011 09:28, Ian Murray wrote: Nope. Freedom of expression is important. Look at all that Giggs nonsense - would not have been possible with constitutional protection for the media. Well, to be fair, depends on the constitution. Ours is... Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1988: "

Re: [LU] Non LU - Simon Cowell Act

2011-07-04 Thread Eric B
dont know much about B-G to be honest. Most politicians should meet a guillotine IMHO :-) The guillotine was invented to make executions more human for all. Depending on how low or high you were on the social "scale" a death warrant was executed in different manners. The most horrific ones were sa

Re: [LU] Non LU - Simon Cowell Act

2011-07-04 Thread Dr. Michael Benjamin.
Shoot the lawyers. Anything but a constitution that the wankers can take control and waste time. Not to mention the lunacy of US law. They are not Lawyers involved in observing the law. They are de facto making the law and subverting it. In a democracy there is one lawmaker. Get elected and d

Re: [LU] Non LU - Simon Cowell Act

2011-07-04 Thread Ian Murray
Nope. Freedom of expression is important. Look at all that Giggs nonsense - would not have been possible with constitutional protection for the media. Sent from my iPhone On 4 Jul 2011, at 05:25, Dr Michael Benjamin wrote: > You're joking!! > Dr Michael Benjamin, > Community Psychiatrist > ---