For those of you
who have seen the TV drama ‘The Trial of Tony Blair’ which had its first
showing on More4 on Monday evening, and is repeated on C4 tomorrow, you will
know that this was the fictional story of Tony being charged for war crimes and
being forced to trial in The Hague, by the International War Crimes Tribunal.
Most of us agree
that whilst it would probably be a very popular event, should it ever come to
pass, there may be a more local remedy to hand, or should I say by Tony’s hand.
The new Serious
Crime Bill being introduced by this government states the following.
a person has been
involved in serious crime in
- has committed a serious offence in a
country outside
- has facilitated the commission by
another person of a serious offence in a country outside
- has conducted himself in a way that
was likely to facilitate the commission by himself or another person of a
serious offence in a country outside
a serious offence
in a country outside
So, if we
consider that the War in Iraq has been declared by the U.N. as an illegal war, or
that this country has not passed through parliament a Declaration of War, for
every action by a British serviceman that could be considered an illegal act if
it were to have happened in the UK, i.e. assault, false detention, murder etc,
then members of the cabinet, who technically facilitated the commission of such
acts have fallen foul of this new law.
Unlike the C4
Drama, where Gordon Brown helped to facilitate Tony’s trial, under their own
law, he could be in the dock beside him.
