IHAT

Ever heard of IHAT? After this post you will never hear of it again.

Why? Because IHAT which stands for Iraq Historic Abuse Team has been shut down PERMANENTLY.

Like so many other liberally birthed, good intentioned, well meaning creations IHAT morphed into an uncontrolled monster that  brought Iraq British veterans before its tribunals with fictional episodes and false allegations of how they had violated the rules of war. Having survived the trauma of battle, these soldiers were then subjected to the front line fire of lawyers seeking to pad their pockets at tax payer expense. And massive expenses they were: 

Fifty million dollars and still counting as the U.K Government sought to prosecute its own soldiers for misconduct in a war that they sent them to win.

The latest casualty, however, is the lead human rights lawyer, a creep if ever their was one. His name is Phil Shiner and he has been  fired for gross exaggeration and for bringing false charges against dozens of veterans. Among these are Sgt Brian Wood, who suffered a nine month nightmare of inquisition and Captain Rachel Webster who summed up her ordeal by saying what the battle line had failed to do this bogus court had accomplished by destroying her life.

Yesterday IHAT was dissolved and the 3,000 cases in its file reduced to 20.

That is probably 20 too many. Good riddance to IHAT, good riddance to a hundred lawyers who need to get an honest job. good riddance to every other piece of hideous bureaucracy that harasses good men and women while it fattens the wallets of the lazy, unscrupulous few, who birthed it in the first place.

Ian

Now We Understand.

NOW we understand the reason why the majority of Britain decided to leave the European Union. The Number Crunchers and analysts have been at work and today the truth is out.
Those responsible for that most terrible of upsets in the history of  British politics were the UNEDUCATED ONES.
Just think about that. The latest figures from the department of statistics in London said comparatively few people with degrees or higher education voted to leave the E.U. while those with  menial jobs and without much of an education, voted overwhelmingly for BREXIT.
 This is pretty much the same assessment of the High Brows who attributed Trump's recent stunning victory in the U.S. election to the "Fly Over" people, the majority of which were working class and uneducated.
Whether in America or in Britain, the inference is clear (forgive my satire!). Such people are truly a blight upon our democratic values because they are not really qualified to judge between the important and trivial issues of life. Therefore, until they are further enlightened, the uneducated and unwashed should not be allowed to vote.
Perhaps an oligarchy is the way to go? The Romans tried that two thousand years ago and found, after a couple of bloody revolutions, that maybe the people DID know a thing or two.
Let us hope that history does not have to repeat itself. Somehow, with the help of God, the muddle that is called democracy will sort itself out.


Jubilate.

Ian