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Breaking news - Home Secretary has blocked his extradition see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4659305 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4659305 Its the

• Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
  She's used the Human Rights act, which she broadly despises, to get herself off the hook. While it is public pressure I suspect that the pressure from the Daily Mail (a paper which with two exceptions - of which this is one - has been on the wrong side of pretty much every significant issue up to and including it's support for Hitler) might have been a major factor. As a Tory you don't want to mess with the Mail, it's the paper of much of your core vote and you don't want it rounding on you and it's been very anti-extradition.
  • RobAley 14y ago
    I had to move the Daily Mail off a seat on the bus the other week and it literally made my skin crawl. A childish and visceral reaction perhaps, but not an unusual one for anyone with an ounce of empathy for others I think. Edit: Yes, that deserved the down-votes. I think there is perhaps a more constructive comment that better puts the emotional and physical responses a particular brand associated with a particular line of thinking can elicit, but I can't think of that comment right now.