Ministry for freeing monsters

WELL now, if the ‘Ministry of Justice’ reckons it is safe to release the double child murderer and rapist Colin Pitchfork (gosh, I hope they are right), how can they continue to justify the imprisonment on remand of the brave journalist Julian Assange, who never hurt a hair of anyone’s head?

I suppose there is a risk that Mr Assange might do another bunk, while he awaits the USA’s endless attempt to kidnap him and lock him up in some supermax dungeon for centuries to come. He might even wander down to a South Coast beach and paddle his way across to France (it would be fun to see how the French responded to some traffic in the opposite direction).

But it isn’t really a very big risk, and it would be a lot more justified than the gamble of releasing the monstrous Pitchfork. I think it just shows that our Government is more afraid of the wrath of Washington than it is concerned that known criminals will strike again.