'Ask them about the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four' // Andrew Tickell
OSCAR Slater didn’t kill Marion Gilchrist. Stefan Kiszko didn’t murder Lesley Molseed. Sally Clark and Donna Anthony and Angela Cannings weren’t responsible for any of their children’s deaths. On and on I could go.
And in his brutally cynical way, Denning might have been just about right. Confronted with the enormity of the crimes these men and women were accused of committing, and the public disgust aimed at these supposed killers of harmless pensioners, these terrorist cells and murderous mothers – you can understand why the social mood wasn’t exactly forgiving.
The prosecution’s case was that Slater had somehow gained access to the 82-year-old’s West Princes Street flat and had brutally done her to death, making off with a crescent-shaped diamond brooch from her dresser.
Prosecuting, the Lord Advocate gave an inflammatory and inaccurate speech. From the judge’s chair, Lord Guthrie told the jury that a man like Slater didn’t benefit from the presumption of innocence. After the jury’s guilty verdict, Guthrie sentenced him to death. He embodies the tendency for “owning the libs” to become the key priority in right-wing political communication. It isn’t about communicating policy ideas or a positive political agenda – but winding up your opponents. As political strategy goes, it’s essentially trolling in a suit and tie. And for the public? The message is: the people you hate hate me. Vote Tory.
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