William Heath’s blog

Phil Shiner, faith and the British state

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Remarkable Independent profile of campaigning lawyer Phil Shiner whose firm worked on the Baha Mousa case:
“At the heart of the British nation is still that horrible, exploitative, violent, colonial past. We’ve never got rid of it.”
I think he’s spot on. I still recall having to go and lie down for two hours after the lunchtime [...]