Why has this just been made public now? Lord Justice Sedley has been promoting this idea for a while, at least since January 2005 when he wrote an article for the London Review of Books in which he set out his argument. So why is it big news now? Is this cover for some new government initiative or what?
> The people who do the dirty work are typically the vulnerable, young and easy to incite.
That's what lots of people used to think. After the (feeble) attempted bombings in Britain in June this year, it is not clear that this is true.
Why has this just been made public now? Lord Justice Sedley has been promoting this idea for a while, at least since January 2005 when he wrote an article for the London Review of Books in which he set out his argument. So why is it big news now? Is this cover for some new government initiative or what?