Lord Hain is standing up for real justice

I FIND it rather “rich”, if you’ll pardon the pun, for Dominic Grieve to castigate Peter Hain for his arrogance at using parliamentary privilege to name and shame a businessman. He suggests that this undermines the rule of law.

Where has Mr Grieve been for the last few years? One could suggest that the justice figure that stands on the top of the Old Bailey has not been blind for some time. The one eye that covers the rich and famous is clearly wide open and staring down at the scales and noticing that they can be tilted with a large bag of money and or an equally large bag of privilege and celebrity. The other scales are failing to redress the balance with honesty and integrity. One could suggest this is my humble opinion, but there are many lawyers and barristers decrying the bias and the appalling reduction in legal aid.

I would suggest Peter Hain’s intervention will go some way to redressing the balance or at least highlight such inequality in the minds of the voting public.

Businessmen and celebrities with deep pockets could tip justice to avoid convictions, by just getting the right representation.

Methinks the establishment figures are more outraged at the fact that the system they put in place (NDAs) to protect themselves and their ilk under the guise of helping the ordinary citizen has been found out.

It is not enough that we the voters say there is one law for the rich, and now with the lack of legal aid much less law for the poor, we must assert our democratic right, protest strongly, and remember at the ballot box.

Thank you, Lord Hain, you may not be the most perfect person to cast the stone, but you have certainly highlighted a situation where once again Justice’s both eyes should be blinded, and the scales returned to their former equilibrium.

Glyn Scott

Barry