Tank-chasing lawyer Phil Shiner is a lying crook and the Government should shut down IHAT witch-hunt today
He milked taxpayers for millions in legal aid and should be sued and tried for fraud
FOR years the usual leftie suspects defended odious tank-chasing lawyer Phil Shiner. They’ve all gone very quiet.
Shiner is a crook. He milked taxpayers for millions in legal aid by cobbling up thousands of bogus claims of abuse by Our Boys in Iraq. He heaped stress and misery on men who served their country with exemplary courage.
After one success, he made a career posing as a valiant crusader for the truth. Each case kept money pouring in — so he paid a tout to concoct more.
We are delighted to see this sanctimonious parasite struck off.
He must apologise for harming the Army and Britain. Then he must be sued for every penny falsely extracted from the public — and tried for fraud.
And the Government should TODAY shut down the disgusting IHAT witch-hunt set up as a result of Shiner’s lies.
Borders blow
ONLY the most extreme Brexit supporters want to pull up Britain’s drawbridge.
What IS vital is to regain control of the number of EU migrants and their skills.The total must be cut to a sustainable level which works for the economy.
New infrastructure must also be built to cope.
But it will be a huge own-goal if free movement does not end on the day of Brexit — as the Government’s otherwise excellent White Paper hinted yesterday.
Yes, numbers may take years to fall.
But Leavers’ sense of betrayal will be acute if we do not gain full control over immigration the moment we quit the EU.
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She was nicked at work and locked up for hours as plod searched her home.
For shouting at a bloke on the phone.
The reliably dim CPS then charged her.
Ana’s only mistake was feeling she had to plead guilty. The judge didn’t think she’d done anything wrong.
Where does the CPS recruit from?
It’s quite a feat to find so many lawyers totally devoid of common sense.
Paint it great?
ONLY once before have we changed The Sun’s front page “masthead” — for the birth of our future King, George.
But it’s not often a legend like David Hockney redesigns your logo because he’s such a big fan of the paper.
Snooty critics may wonder what Britain’s greatest living painter sees in us.
They can find out on Pages 12 and 13.
And pull their heads out of their arts.