ian1964 10,874 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 FREEDOM of speech is a precious thing. And it is not just under attack by the Levenson Report and Alex Salmondâ??s eagerness to shackle the Press in Scotland. It is under attack already in Scotland. In the here and now! Many of you will have read what was published here earlier and those who have heard about it and who log in now expecting to read my thoughts will be surprised to discover it has gone. This is the result of what appears to be a politically motivated direct assault on freedom of speech and freedom of expression, coupled with a move towards the sort of police state in Scotland which the Republican Nationalists would love to see. The State censorship came when police officers, acting on direct instructions from highly paid police lawyers, not the Crown Office or Procurator Fiscal, threatened to arrest me and charge me with breach of the peace if I did not remove it. Now, after speaking to a lawyer I believe any such charge would be highly unlikely to materialise. And as I would plead not guilty if it did, it would lead to my accuser being called to give evidence under oath. But even without a charge, police can legally hold you overnight and a lie-in in Stewart Street on a Friday does not sound like an evening at the Ritz. Especially for one of my advanced antiquity. The blog has therefore been removed. For now! However, it seems that in the here and now, in Scotland, police officers â?? and I attach no blame to them â?? are being used as an extension of an increasingly Authoritarian Establishment, an all-powerful Establishment which now threatens to stifle free speech when it questions that Establishmentâ??s actions. Whatever sort of a State that is, it is not one which could be described as open, free and democratic. Indeed, it is a dark, sinister and deeply dangerous place which Scotland finds itself in. When anybody, employed by the State, can claim a perfectly legitimate question, posed about their actions, constitutes a Breach of the Peace, we have come to a pretty pass. But that is where we are. No doubt there are many who will read this who will immediately contact their MP and MSP. Others, who are lawyers, will have their own take on the advice given to perfectly professional police officers by the expensive lawyers who advise them. Lawyers, who I must stress, are not part of the Crown Office or Procuratorâ??s Fiscal office. It will be interesting to learn what mâ??learned friends there think of what has happened ...... AND..... If you are going to the Scottish Cup tie against Elgin at Ibrox on Sunday, get there early and drop in at the Rangers Mega Store where Davie Wilson and I will be signing copies of my book, GREAT SCOT â?? The James Scotland Symon Story.. The signing session starts at 11.30 and lasts an hour. Or at least, it will if we are not raided by polis acting on the say so of their lawyers to confiscate the Scot Symon books and pile them into a heap to be burned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,874 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Friday's Leggoland - HMRC, BBC, BAFTA and sinister secrecy Was the title of his article that he has been told to take off his blog!,I wonder what he has discovered? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just read this article Leggo was threatened over and it'll be squeaky bum time all round. I hope Leggo got names and numbers from the cops threatening him. Get it posted Ian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 scotland will be a catholic republican state within 10 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 scotland will be a catholic republican state within 10 years. That long? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Oh my god, the fascist bastards are on the warpath. GOD HELP US ALL NOW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 That long? not now, that was said a few years back now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Ian, I've put the articles in order in a new thread and will close this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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