Clip from a piece I made for Al Jazeera International about the cancellation of the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the Saudi/BAE arms deal. The Campaign Against the Arms Trade are seeking a judicial review to force the UK Goverment to reopen the enquiry.
Brilliant news today!! two senior judges back the case of Corner House and CAAT to declare the illegality of the SFO's capitulation. A rare great day for British justice, the precedent now being firmly set that any sort of commercial or diplomatic 'threat' cannot be used to pervert the course of justice. That 'national security' arguments will no longer be legally deployed to protect the executive from using their imaginations when faced with a strategic difficulty from a foriegn power.
Pangloss2020 3 years ago
Looking forward to follow-up!
wyjpc5 4 years ago