Joe asks 'Is it me or what?'

Eye to Eye with Cameron

For once I actually agree with the Prime Minister. Mind you it seems most people, other than a few out-of-touch judges, concur that the way injunctions are handled is unsustainable in the internet age. We have all heard how a famous footballer has been granted one prevented people revealing what he’s been up to, you can’t even mention that he has an injunction. What I don’t understand is, if I mention his name on Twitter and my 50,000 followers (okay that’s a slight exaggeration but I’m @joefawcett if you’re interested) see it, can I plead in court that I didn’t know about the injunction? I mean, how could I have, if it’s a secret? – His lawyers would have to prove that I had been told about it. We’ll see if the estimated 75,000 tweeters who did mention his name are all prosecuted, somehow I think not.

Human Nature

You may have read elsewhere about the outcry caused by a Toronto policeman advising women not to dress like sluts to avoid unwanted attention and worse. I’m in two minds about the incident, of course it would be nice if women, and men, could wear what they liked without fear of attack, it always amazes me that Moslem women cover themselves up, especially their heads, so as not to inflame men. If you’re the type who get uncontrollably aroused by seeing women’s hair then you ought to get out more, or perhaps stay at home permanently. On the other hand if I left my front door open when I left for work and then returned to find someone had wandered in and taken things would I get much sympathy?

A Sharp Shock

A lesson learned by the four directors of MG. They bought the company for £10 from BMW in 2000 and received favourable loans and treatment from the UK government. Five years later they went broke owing in excess of £1.3 billion and many claim that most of that money went to the four themselves. After numerous investigations, committees and reports they have now been taught what British justice is all about, they are all barred from acting as company directors for six years – so there!