The So-vile report is finally published and Jimbo has been outed as a serial sex offender between 1955 and 2009. He is dead now, thankfully, and his knighthood died with him so no action can be taken in either of those directions, but a thought struck me.
Many ‘cebebs’ get away with all sorts of drink and drug-addled misdemeanours of a minor or major degree because of their ‘status’ and this is wrong. But what about politicians, diplomats and suchlike? In many countries our leaders have immunity from prosecution – Chirac in France dodged trial for years by clinging to the presidency; Berlusconi used the system so that when charges finally come to the fore they are usually deemed out of time under the very convenient Italian Statute of Limitations. Even some of our UK trough-hogging MPs (unsuccessfully) claimed immunity from prosecution for expenses abuse on the grounds of parliamentary privilege. Last week a Portuguese deputada was stopped by Senhor Plod driving away from parliament with a blood-alcohol level that would get your average voter a year in the slammer, but she too is claiming parliamentary immunity.
And don’t even get me started on diplomats. Get a set of diplomatic plates for your motor and park wherever you please, anywhere. and that’s just for starters. Beat your maid to death and the authorities can’t touch you or smuggle drugs or explosives in a diplomatic bag which can’t be searched.
So, arise Sir Jimbo, MP for East Kiddyfiddler and Honourary Consul for the Republic of Banana.
Sleep well children everywhere and over to you Mr. Mackie to blow my bar-room lawyering out of the water. 🙂
OZ
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Hi OZ.
‘Sleep well children everywhere and over to you Mr. Mackie to blow my bar-room lawyering out of the water.’
No torpedo heading your way from me. I agree that privileged protection from illegal and/or immoral actions sucks, wherever, whenever, whyever and whatever.
Whether or not you believe me, that’s one of the reasons that I strayed down the legal path in the first place. These things matter to me as they do to most of the lawyers with whom I have ever had dealings.
I could, of course, be wrong. That’s my first ‘Ic,oc bw’ of 2013 and I will try, I promise, to make it my last.
This category of malefactors give me very itchy fingers for a length of rope and a lamp-post.
I find the inequity of the law particularly irksome in that when and if they ever hit the courts they end up with derisory sentences or let off with slapped wrists whereas ‘yer average peon’ would get n years! Hence the lamp post and forget a trial!
I particularly like the Chinese here, several times of late they have taken people in authority out and shot them, splendid stuff for the encouragement of the others! We should try it in the UK, nice public executions on the terrace of Westminster and sell tickets for the view from the big wheel opposite.
I find it difficult to believe no one/relative cut the genitalia off Savill and rammed it down his throat.
Yes, OZ! Unspeakable behaviour everywhere. If it’s any comfort, the ancients had the same difficulties with abuse of power but were more pragmatic with their solutions!
I think Sheona had the answer the other day. If I recall, it involved lamp-posts and piano wire 🙂
Hanging is too good for ’em, even with piano wire. I propose the offer of a dose of hemlock. or perhaps a revolver and a quiet corner.
OZ
Is it just me or do others see the pictures used to depict JS in this never ending story progressing from “A bit odd” to “Totally demonic”?
Agreed, LW. The picture editors must be as hard working finding creepy shots of Jimbo as are the BBC editors of the repeats of Top of the Pops currently being broadcast to remove any reference or image of said serial kiddyfiddler. Neither route is necessarily a bad thing though.
OZ