Today’s BBC news was interesting for anyone interested in the freedom of humans from oppression by their so-called democratic governments.

Innocent men who were held for over two years without trial and tortured, Shafiq Rasul and Rahud Ahmed, were able to meet one of their former guards after he contacted them to apologise on Facebook.

The next story was about the European Court on Human Rights’ decision that ruled illegal the Stop and Search powers used in a draconian manner by some police forces (sorry ‘services’ — another 1984-ism). For a while people who look like they have Asian ancestry may be safe when taking photos in London’s tourist hotspots.

But unfortunately, it’s not all good news. A trial has begun without a jury for no reason other than that the police have lost so much authority that they are no longer able to keep safe twelve individuals to the extent that they can be trusted — at least that’s the state’s excuse. The sooner this ‘trial’ is stopped, the better. An innocent group of men (as they are until the completion of a valid trial by their peers) should not have to trust a judge with their liberty.

Two bits of good news — one piece of bad. Not a bad score by most counts. Vote Liberal Democrat and perhaps we can have even more good news from May onwards!

The Liberal Democrat Party logo