James Lewis QC argued that Parliament had not included a bar on extradition for political offences in the 2003 Act, and also that these were not political offences.
Please try this experiment for me.
Try asking this question out loud, in a tone of intellectual interest and engagement: “Are you suggesting that the two have the same effect?”
Now try asking this question out loud, in a tone of hostility and incredulity bordering on sarcasm: “Are you suggesting that the two have the same effect?”
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