Birmingham Tory councillor arrested over Twitter stoning post

Left: Twitter post by Gareth Compton.

Yasmin Alibhai Brown is a left wing columnist who writes for the Independent.

She is currently milking the publicity following the arrest of a Tory Councillor over a twitter post.

Meanwhile the likes of Amjem Choudary and Abu Hamza can incite murder on the streets of Britain without being arrested.

The hypocrisy of liberals such as Yasmin Brown is truly astonishing.

What a ridiculous waste of police time this case is, well done Yasmin!

The BBC reports - A Conservative Birmingham City councillor has been arrested over allegations he called on Twitter for a female writer to be stoned to death.

Erdington councillor Gareth Compton made the remark about Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on his Twitter page.

Police said he had been arrested under the Communications Act 2003 and bailed. He has since apologised.

Ms Alibhai-Brown said she found his attitude "loathsome" and that a "flippant apology" was not enough.

She had appeared on Radio 5 Live's breakfast show on Wednesday discussing human rights in China. Read more

Radical cleric Abu Hamza's home seized to pay legal bills

The Independent reports: Legal aid bosses have seized the house belonging to radical cleric Abu Hamza to pay off his legal bills, it was revealed today.

The Legal Services Commission seized the property in Greenford, west London, despite Hamza claiming it did not belong to him.It will now be sold in an attempt to pay off some of the £300,000 spent on his defence. Officials hope to raise £280,000 from the sale.Hamza, 51, is in jail as he attempts to fight extradition to the US on terror charges at the European Court of Human Rights.

He is also appealing against the Home Secretary's decision to strip him of his UK passport.The Egyptian national was jailed for seven years in February 2007 for inciting murder and stirring up racial hatred. Read more