Goodness. What a shocking couple of days its been. First the High Court rules that the arbitrary detention of ‘nasty people we don’t like much’ has been ruled unlawful and in breach of their human rights. Now The US Supreme Court says, 5 to 3, that simple George has exceeded his powers by setting up kangaroo military courts and was in breach of the Geneva Convention. Somewhat embarrassing since simple George has been parroting the eminent tosh that these people were neither civilians entitled to a fair trial nor soldiers entitled to Geneva Convention right, but rather unlawful combatants denied inconvenient rights.
It is the response of the governments that is likely to be most interesting: Americans and their politicians approach their constitutional bodies with near reverence; in contradistinction the British government regards anyone else who has a constitutional function with the fraternal warmth last displayed by Romulus to Remus. It’s interesting to speculate on the possible distinctions of approach to this setback by the respective tyrannies. In the US Geeklawyer suspects that the decision will be met with sullen but muted disagreement whereas in the UK neo-Labour is whipping up talk of a constitutional crisis.
Sir Stelios Knighthood Cover Up
Stelios was granted a knighthood but no journalist has stepped up to the plate to investigate whether it was appropriate to grant a knighthood to a Monaco resident tax exile who is extremely controversial.
In April 1991 when Stelios Haji-Ioannou, was chief executive of his father’s business Troodos Shipping, their tanker Haven blew up off Genoa, killing five crew and disgorging up to 50,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea - arguably the Mediterranean’s worst-ever ecological disaster.
The Haven was an elderly tanker, formerly the Amoco Haven, sister ship of the ill-starred Amoco Cadiz that foundered in 1978. [deleted] He was acquitted but the case has dragged on ever since with subsequent appeals and demands for compensation thrown out. Environmentalists also must be appalled [deleted] Is rewarded with a knighthood.
Tax treatment of aviation fuel as opposed to heating oil and petrol.
Inland Revenue investigators must also see the reward as a slap in the face for hard working UK tax payers. [deleted] And yet he is knighted.
When is a journalist going to make a name for themselves by investigating Stelios thoroughly and expose him? Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s success? what success is that? every single business he has started has [deleted]. The only reason easyJet went ok was firstly because his shipping tycoon dad [deleted] Please tell the world how successful easyInternet, easyCinema, easyCarRentals, easyWatches, easyMobile, easyMusic, easyBus, easyHotel, have been. I can inform you that they have lost a cummulative £300,000,000.00 since inception. The only reason he got his knighthood because of [deleted] the Labour Party it had nothing to do with the queen. As Stelios is a Monaco resident and a tax exile he is only entitled to an honarary knighthood anyway and as soon as the newspapers catch on it will be downgraded. Or if he wants to keep it he can register for UK tax and pay millions to the Inland Revenue!
I am a Greek Cypriot and do not consider Stelios one of us. He does not send one penny of his money to Cyprus and left Cyprus when his family was involved in scandal. He lives in Monaco where he gambles in the casino and sleeps with [deleted].
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