Bob Piper has been a Labour councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for eight years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
Perhaps it was down to scale? Instead of a large firm of Muslims, this was only a Cottage industry...
Gareth Williams said:
August 1, 2007 12:09 AM | permalink
I agree that this appears to be a farce, and a contempt of the legal system. I have little doubt that his defence of "only in self defence"! had the accuracy of a BNP internal election result, (Suggest visit Lancaster UAF)
Personaly "Shot whilst atempting to escape" would have sufficed.
BUT repeat BUT do we wish to go down the road that the NF/BNP wish of executive 'trials' and guilt because of their political views.
I think not. That is what distinguishes us from the facists.
BTW my late father G J Williams MC - at the timeacting c/o "J" troop of the 63rd/91st Anti Tank Battalion was one of the first British troops into Belson in 1945.
Being a troop of M10 SP guns they were out again very quickly, as 17 pndr M10's were one of the few armoured vehicles capable of taking on a "Tiger" or "Panther" and living to tell the tale - But before they went on , and handed the camp over to 344 battery 63rd/91st (towed 17 pndrs) it appeared that a turret mounted 0.5" Browning MG went off accidently. A number of SS Guards ended up dead.
It took my old man some effort to avoid a Court Marshall for the NCO comcerned. But then accidents happen !
BTW Father was still having "flash backs" and nightmares about what he found in Belson up and until his death in 2001.
July 31, 2007 7:56 PM | permalink
Perhaps it was down to scale? Instead of a large firm of Muslims, this was only a Cottage industry...