My fascinating day, by me

[louiselux]

Managing your own work is hard somedays and you end up just putterng around doing nothing at all, finding it hard to think. Today is one of those days.

Instead I read the Guardian, articles here and here about why the release of five UK citizens from Guantanamo Bay is not necessarily a reason to celebrate, and then, properly depressed, ploughed my way through the scintillating Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, taking none of it in the first time round.

After that I studied the newly published rundown of the Top 200 companies in the West Midlands. No 1 is Rover, predictably enough, although Poundland is at no 25, beating Royal Worcester and Spode, who lag at no 70.

The Scrabble smut is looking more and more tempting.

Comments

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Re the Guantanamo detainee's release, the fact that five of them have been released is a cause for some cautious celebrations IMO, but we must not forget the other four.

At least I am able to applaud the actions of the Attorney-General, who has stood by his guns throughout. I'll be interested to see what happens next, because under British law the five cannot be tried in a British court, as they've been denied their legal rights for such a long period that it would necessarily render any trial unsafe. The Tories can call for treason charges, but I don't see how they would not be soon thrown out by the courts if they were ever brought at all.

I know that people knock lawyers but I note that in this case the likelihood is that the politicians would have caved into US pressure if it hadn't been for the lawyers. So, um, go the lawyers. *g*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I know that people knock lawyers but I note that in this case the likelihood is that the politicians would have caved into US pressure if it hadn't been for the lawyers. So, um, go the lawyers. *g*


Yes, absolutely. *g*