The British Director of Public Prosecutions, the country's chief prosecutor, Sir Ken Macdonald, has broken ranks with the great leaders, Bush and Blair, by declaring that there is no war on terror. His exact words were "the fight against terrorism on the streets of Britain is not a war". I guess he will be roughed up in the alleyway nearest to number 10 sometime soon.
He went on to say:
He went on to say:
"We wouldn't get far in promoting a civilising culture of respect for rights amongst and between citizens if we set about undermining fair trials in the simple pursuit of greater numbers of inevitably less safe convictions. On the contrary, it is obvious that the process of winning convictions ought to be in keeping with a consensual rule of law and not detached from it. Otherwise we sacrifice fundamental values critical to the maintenance of the rule of law - upon which everything else depends."
Is anyone listening in America?
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