An excellent new article by Jan Moir on Ben Sullivan, President of the Union at Oxford University.
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An excellent new article by Jan Moir on Ben Sullivan, President of the Union at Oxford University.
Justice for Men & Boys 
It’s not a case I have followed but Sarah Pine certainly deserves to reap what she has sown. Such blatant prejudice on her part. Well done A.C.Grayling for rightly calling out “Kangaroo court”. And Ms Moir is right to warn us in this country about the kangaroo courts in US universities. The law itself has been changed to make RAPE , once a crime of assault to unwise sex, hence so many accusations following drunken nights. Yet even so easy to prosecute(because the defendant has to prove they obtained consent) the court process is weighted against the defendant in this one case. Remember the defendant in a criminal case faces the fullpower of the state. It is the Crown that proseccutes. It was a farce that the Coalition do quickly dropped the commitment to accused anonymity.
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The law as framed in England can only be committed by a male. The prosecution of cases has unique differences unlike any other offence. The most obvious is anonymity for the complainant but also a series of exclusions about evidence that can be presented. As such it is actually clearly discriminatory on the grounds of sex. There is probably little that can be done about press prurience or indeed “she-furies” . However on the grounds of equality the crime and it’s prosecution should be no different than any other. This would include no automatic anonymity for anyone involved. To me to do otherwise is to clearly discriminate on the grounds of sex. Though I can accept the argument for equal right to anonymity as a fall back position.
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