Monsieur Poirot,

I think if you could read what is written rather then responding to the emotion you feel, your comprehension might improve.

The shame on you comment is because you are hell bent on defending the perpetrator and care not about the victims. Unless you tell us differently?

You say “Craig Thomson hasn't "jerked" anybody around”. Here you go again. The Vic police concluded their investigation before Christmas and the Victorian DPP signed off on the arrest warrant in December. CT was offered the option by the Vic Police of a voluntary and private attendance before Christmas. Craig declined and was consequently arrested by two Victoria police officers and two from NSW (their jurisdiction)

You say “If they had the evidence they could have charged him whenever". No monsieur detective, you are, how shall we say, wrong again. “Whenever”? I seeenk is no a police terminology non? Investigate, validate, DPP, arrest then prosecute. Qui? Non?

Just in the interests of balance, could you give us your opinion rather than that of Craig’s defence lawyer, it might help your cred?

As you say it is a “no brainer”, we agree with you!

Dear Chris,

Political commentators told us last year that
it was going to get nasty during this election
year. The Opposition will have to come
up with something more than simply telling us what's
wrong with the government, the PM's character,
and what the government has done wrong, if they
want to be taken seriously.

Interesting times ahead.

spindoc,

If the Victorian DPP signed off on an arrest warrant in December - and the Vic police offered Thomson a voluntary and private attendance - in December - which may or may not mean an interview or an arrest....if he declined, why has it taken until the end of January and a huge dramatic production (replete with waiting media before the event) to get around to arresting him?

Why didn't they just toodle up and arrest him when he first declined?

Really, I'm curious.

So the nomination of an election date was some sort of Gillard grand master plan?

The Libs say Gillard named the election date because she knew Thomson was going to be arrested.

Then they say her political campaign has run off the rails because he was arrested.

They can”t have it both ways. So which is it?

It seems to me that some members of the media knew at least the night before - Steve Lewis in particular - the MC of the Abbott Press Conference and the media source for both the Slipper and Thomson campaigns.

Ashbygate has been revealed to have been a political stitch-up as will many factors surrounding Thomson that mysteriously have not been published in the mainstream media, but will trickle out in the months ahead.

Then people like Brough, Pyne, Bishop, Brandis (and Abbott) will have some questions of their own to answer.

Bazz got it 100% right on the very first page of this thread.

Juliar has lied to us again. She gave all sorts of lying reasons as to why, at this stage, she specifically named the election date.

As Bazz stated, what she did NOT tell us, openly and honestly, was the real reason. The real reason is, if any member of parliament between now and the already called election is convicted of any criminal offence, then no by election is allowed until the already announced election date in September.

Juliar has lied to Australia AGAIN.

Juliar lies, lies and lies, has nearly bankrupted Australia, has no credibility whatsoever and possesses the biggest lying azz in parliament.

Juliar = liar.

Parrot,

You did manage to get it wrong again. The author of the independant did not actually read the link upon which he relied to declare Thomson's arrest "illegal". The immunity to arrest or requirement to attend court applies to civil cases only, not criminal.

As for the arrest of the weasel, it is common for those about to be arrested for non violent crimes to be offerred the opportunity to present themselves for arrest, especially across state lines. After a set period if this is not taken up, an arrest warrant will be issued. There have been rumours for weeks about the impending arrest of the weasel. It is unlikely that Juliar did not know that an arrest was imminent, even if she did not know when.

Labor has consistently made announcements at strategic times, such as the broken surplus promise just before christmas. It is unlikely that the election announcement was a coincidence.

This sums it up:

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2013/01/31/1226566/243409-130201-nicholson.jpg

I am looking forward to 8 months of criminal procedings against several senior ALP members.