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Bunch of spineless bastards.
Latest thing in the case of Gary McKinnon? Despite 59 Labor MPs speaking out publicly and signing a commons motion backing the man and opposing extradition, when it came to a vote in the House of Commons, they voted for the government. So unless Gordon Brown (prime minister) discovers that after all he does have a pair of balls, McKinnon will soon be on his way to the USA, where he faces up to 50 years in a maximum security prison.
Our Labor government faces a general election within the next 12 months; meanwhile it's hanging on by its fingernails. I'll bet £100 against 1p that they'll get kicked out of office so hard they'll be gone for a generation. Good for us, but not a lot of good for Gary McKinnon.
You know what? From this thread alone I've seen the US system described as at best flawed and at worst corrupt, but I'd swop it for our bunch of spinless bastards any time.
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