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Today's court application by David Wolchover QC, a leading criminal law barrister & Prof Joshua Silver, an Oxford Uni physicist, to have a warrant issued for Theresa May for the crime of misconduct in public office, is a hugely important development. 1/
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It is important for many reasons. Perhaps the most significant are /2
However, unless there’s OVERWHELMING public, media & legal support for the prosecution, terrified politicians, moving behind the scenes will ensure the court rejects the application, right at the start of the process. /3
This application to prosecute TM is a bombshell.
Media and politicians are so far in stunned silence.
What happens next, is crucial as to whether this prosecution gets politically crushed or goes ahead. /4
Media and politicians are so far in stunned silence.
What happens next, is crucial as to whether this prosecution gets politically crushed or goes ahead. /4
If it’s not to be crushed, people must write to their MPs en-masse demanding that the prosecution goes ahead. Leading lawyers must come out to support the case put forward by David Wolchover. The media have to make the case that democracy requires the prosecution to go ahead. /5
