No point going off on an epic burble here. This is simply the most stupid verdict in British legal history since Judge Pickles said “Raped? I’ll bloody show her what raped feels like!”
[Yes, GCHQ, that was a joke. A bit like the one Paul Chambers should have been acquitted for. Like the ones made by millions of people every second of the day, with no intention of malice. Justice Pickles was a knobhead, but I don't think he ever said that.]
Lots of good writing about the whole farcical case all over the interweb, but this one is particularly good…
With the conviction of Paul Chambers, it is now illegal to be English (Heresy Corner)