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Sat, 3 May 2008

Menezes killers ask for anonymity

No, just no:

More than 40 police officers have applied for anonymity when they give evidence at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Among them are the two officers who shot the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician in July 2005.

[...]

Among those seeking anonymity are the surveillance, firearms and control room officers on duty when Mr de Menezes was shot dead by police at Stockwell station on July 22, 2005.

The move is being resisted by his family and media organisations, including the BBC.

Standard British media policy with suspects is to name and shame them from the day they're arrested; why should it be different with these bastards?

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Boris is the new London mayor

It's tragic, a disaster, very very serious indeed, that Boris Johnson has won the mayoral elections in London. A disaster for the left, a sign of how weak New Labour has become, etc, undsoweiter.

But...

For those of us outside London, it promises to be an interesting four years, if only in the trainwreck sense. Boris Johnson's greatest distinction until now has after all been a certain cackhandedness, a kind of affable goofiness that makes you forget what a nasty rightwing nutter he really is. So if you're living in London you might not see the funny side of this, because it promises to be four years of retreat, but for the rest of us, here is Boris Johnson at his best:

His awkward side, as well as his nasty side.

It is going to be a long four years. But London has been through worse.

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