Yesterday (1/7/13) the UK's senior minister for education Micheal Gove
backed by his department suggested that headmasters of schools in
England should be given the power to set their own terms. For many this
will mean the end of the 6 week long summer holiday.
This is obviously a reference to 50 Beechwood Avenue. You see in the
original plan the children at the address would spend the summer holiday
running riot and causing me major disruption just as the United Nations
(UN) operation in Mali was taking place and Rihanna was involved in an
unsettling tour break. Due to my arrest and the engagement of the
International Criminal Court (ICC) that is now looking like a distinctly
less attractive option for the UK. Gove of course responded to the roof
top incident by suggesting standard GCSE exams be replaced with
"I-Levels." That of course was hint that the roof top incident
represented a criminal offence of public nuisance because it occurred at
above eye level. That sadly appears to have gone right over the heads
of the yokels meaning that a more concrete solution is required.
One option would be to take Gove's announcement literally and accept
that I am the headmaster and I'm allowed to dictate terms. Those terms
are of course that those involved in criminal activity at 50 Beechwood
are immediately arrested, charged and then either remanded in prison or
placed in local council residential care while awaiting trial. A more
palatable compromise solution would be for the local Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) or ideally the Croydon borough police commander visit the
address and inform them that it is extremely unlikely that criminal
charges will be pursued against me due to some very serious counter
allegations. By continuing to behave in an unlawful manner the occupants
of the address are making it impossible for the local police to protect
them against those allegations so they'd better moderate their
behaviour.
10:20 on 2/7/13.
Edited at around 18:45 on 2/7/13 to add;
The other big talking point in UK politics today was the announcement by
the Home Secretary/Interior Minister of a public consultation of the
police tactic of stop and search. This tactic is rather self-explanatory
as it involves the police stopping a searching people that they have a
"reasonable suspicion" of being involved in criminal activity. The issue
itself is hugely controversial because the "reasonable suspicion" can
be something as vague as the police officer claiming to smell marijuana
or someone loosely fitting the description of someone in a crime report
(e.g wearing a dark coloured hooded top). Therefore a lot of people
(especially black people) think the police abuse this power to harass
people while the police think that criminals frequently play the race
card to get out of trouble. However with around 1.9 million stop and
searches taking place in 2012 and only around 800,000 leading to an
arrest this is an issue that needs to be discussed as part of a
democratic society. Especially when the Territorial Support Group (TSG)
are involved.
However the announcement can also be taken in two coded ways in relation
to my case. The first being after being evidenced on numerous occasions
engaging in serious criminal activity against me why have the occupants
of 50 Beechwood Avenue not been stopped, arrested and their property
searched? The second being over the legality of the polices search and
seizure of that hammer that I will need returned to me sooner rather
than later. I've already covered that in my Glastonbury post. As
explained the police are in a bit of a catch 22 there because if they
demonstrate their search and seizure was lawful they also give me
reasonable doubt. The main legal difference between the stop and search
debate and the search and seizure of the hammer is that the hammer was
on private property while stop and search can only happen in a public
place.
Also CCTV has been released of the Chinese lantern that is said to have
caused the Smethwick recycling centre fire. This is obviously a
reference to that blackened jam jar from the night of my arrest. As I've
explained before until such a time as the police can dream up a formal
charge I don't have to comment on that or anything else. However I will
point out that when I discovered it on my return from the police station
it was approximately 10 metres within the boundaries of my property. So
if it was picked up the 50 Beechwood Avenue's CCTV it again raises the
question of why they've still not been arrested?
I will also have to do a full post on the Welsh Assembley debate on
presumed consent on organ donation. However that's a very complicated
issue so I may wait until today's debate is over because they'd be fools
to vote on it tonight.
(Originally Posted on 2/7/13)
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