The Daily Telegraph
I've not read the Daily Telegraph for a while (unlike its Sunday sister) and I was surprised by anti-Americanism [1] which seems to have taken its hold. The explanation is not hard to guess - the "NatWest 3". Occasionally it's slightly embarassing. Today it is trumping a petition that has - wait for it - 7,457 of its readers, which I make about 0.5% - demanding the Home Secretary intervene. This is front page news.Let's be clear - I don't think Britain should have signed that extradition agreement. But what exactly is the argument that it would have been alright if the US had signed too? Would that have changed the requirements on the US justice system?
If not, then the "NatWest 3" would be in exactly the same position and there are only two arguments I can see that make sense. The first is that if the US had signed it would have only agreed to sign a much weaker form of the Agreement. This would have been so weak the "NatWest 3" would not have been extradited. We wait and see, I suppose. Or people are saying that the US justice system is simply not fair, or not up to the standards we in Britain expect. This would be a remarkable thing for the Daily Telegraph to say.
posted by Matthew @ 7/12/2006 10:48:00 AM
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