Natwest 3

The case of the Natwest 3 has the nation united in one voice in declaring that there is something wrong with the whole extradition system. To me this case make a mockery of the whole idea of nationalism. We elect governments so they can protect us as citizen and not just to give us up to other countries that still practice the death penalty and torture prisoners yet criticise other countries of human right violations. Whereas on the one hand we have refugees, failed asylum seekers and other undesirables of other nations roam the streets of Britain because we cannot seem to put in place the correct legislation to make sure these people are tracked whilst they are here and then deported; on the other we are allowing other countries (well the US) to extradite UK citizens on charges which were not even committed on US soil.
Now I am not going to comment on whether they (Natwest 3) are guilty or not because I don't know enough of the case but what I know is that if we can't extradite US citizen here to answer to crimes committedt hen the US should have no right to do the same to UK citizens.
When the Iraq war just broke out and there were charges from the press and commentators that Tony Blair was George W Bush's lap dog I dismissed this as wild speculation and overreaction but this case has proved to me that Britain under Blair is on a one way street and Britain is not at the end of that street. It stinks of hypocrisy where in Iraq all crimes committed by UK soldiers are prosecuted back here in the UK on home soil and not in Iraqi courts but once again big mr us of a get s his wickey way again. Shame on you Tony and the mps that voted this legislated into law.
See reports on the case here, here and here.