So Chris Tappin has been denied bail by US authorities apparently, "Federal prosecutors told a court in El Paso, Texas, that Mr Tappin could be a "danger to the community" if released." What a joke, a 65 year old grandfather with no criminal record. How can the British government just hand people over like this?
A more worrying question is why do the British people do not care more? Surely we should be concerned if British citizens are handed over to the American authorities without any British court ever being allowed to examine the evidence against them? I personally believe British citizens have a right to fight their case before ever being shipped out of the country. If people like Tappin are guilty then a fair and proper process in the UK would probably see them extradited. Extradition without such processes is surely a breach of Mr. Tappin's democratic rights, a breach that should make all Britons shift uncomfortably.
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