I could have held my head in my hands and wept at last night’s BBC coverage of yet another “Muslim Terrorist” Trail in London. A group of young Islamists have been charged with planning to bomb some flights. The evidence? Well, they had some hair bleach and sugary drink mix. Get this, the BBC actually said (without irony) that it took Government Scientists simply ages to figure out how to make a bomb with bleach and sugar. They experimented and experimented and finally – BANG! It made great TV seeing that little drinks bottle blow up. Clearly all those extra security checks at the Airport were clearly worth it!

Now step back for a second. What kind of rubbish this? Does the state have such little evidence against these guys that just have to make stuff up? Can the Government now walk into any home in Britain and find any Chemicals lying around, mix them endlessly until they prove their lethality. How about all those kitchen knives I own. Does it mean I am going to stab someone? And my car? Can the Police come and take my car then drive like maniacs around the streets, swerving wildly all over the roads, until they finally kill someone? What would they do then? Jump out of my car and say “ There you go, clearly he was going to kill someone with this car – because we did!”

These defendants are innocent until proven guilty. What we are getting are carefully stage managed show trials for the media. The State is just creating evidence and pushing it out to the media because it makes good TV and implies guilt. Where is the detailed critique from the BBC? Why do they lap this crap up like a loyal lap dog? Why can’t one of these reporters just be honest and say “Well, the Crown has supplied us with a video of something blowing up but we don’t see its relevance therefore it is not in the public interest to show it.”

By showing this crap the media is playing into the hands of a totalitarian system that is pushing out propaganda as news. We must be highly critical of this. Video’s shot of young Muslims enjoying white water river rafting in Wales is not proof of anything other than a good, healthy, Holiday pursuit. Evidence constitutes a undeniable intent and ability to plant bombs on planes. Where is this evidence? Where are the bomb making instructions? Who actually said they were going to plant bombs on a plane – and MEAN it. Without hard evidence all we get is innuendo. With innuendo you can prove whatever you like without evidence. When innuendo is your justice system then it is unjust. It is guilt by implication. When that happens the State can throw anyone in jail for the thought in their head and the common household items most of us own.

It reminds me of a proud Police display (from about twenty years ago) of “weapons” they had found on a bunch of Hells Angels. The police put the weapons on display as proof of what a good job they had done in confiscating them. The weapons were shotguns, machetes, knives, pick-axe handles, bike chains and axes. It immediately occurred to me that EVERY item on display could be found in my Father’s Garden Shed. The difference between my Dad and a Hells Angel? What? Lifestyle? Leathers? Bikes? What? It was all innuendo. It proved nothing. From that day until now I waited for the Police to turn up and arrest my father for the things he owned. Being a white, Christian, middle class, elderly and a former-farm worker I guess they felt he was harmless. It just goes to show how your prejudices are so easily swayed so that you start to see “evidence” as proving whatever you want it to.