Thatcher in Reported Coup Plot Plea Bargain

[muriel_volestrangler]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3993484

Update from Sky News:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1166987,00.html

Not bad, from his point of view - if your coup plot succeeds, you make millions; if it fails, you lose a few hundred thousand, and can just move to another country (where the suspended sentence won't mean much). Lucky bastard.

[northzax]

1. interesting. the old boy connections fail

to protect Thatcher from prosecution. I bet he's not allowed to leave SA for the duration (he certainly won't get his kids from a texas judge after that little incident. Might be time to find another continent, Mr. Thatcher.

one more child of a prominent conservative gone by the wayside, kinda puts the Bush Twins carousing in perspective, don't it?

[Benhurst]

2. Sadly I must say that it's time to

HANG THE BASTARD!

[Pert_UK]

3. And now he's off back to the good old US of A....

"Sir Mark is expected to return to the US to be with his family after Thursday's court hearing. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4169557.stm

What do you think the odds of a Bush government sending him back for trial in Equatorial Guinea are?.....Hmmmmm......Let me think.....He's rich and he's the son of Margaret Thatcher who leapt at every chance to support Crazy Raygun........

Hmmmm.....

[MaineDem]

4. This stinks!!! (nt)