Day 62 - High Treason

Before 1998 high treason was the only crime that still carried the death penalty in the United Kingdom. Thankfully this has been reduced to life imprisonment. This is good because I am about to  to be rude about a national treasure - the common law royal Mr Stephen Fry and if that is not modern day high treason then I don’t know what is. 

Now I don’t dislike Fry, some of his output is very good, some good and some less so, much like many people. I am not sure what he’s done to deserve the fawning, unquestioning admiration of the population of the UK, but that’s not his fault and that is not what this post is about. No, I am wondering why Mr Fry has not been arrested for drugs offences seeing as he has admitted taking class A drugs in all sorts of famous places such as the BBC and Buckingham Palace. As Barbara Ellen points out in her Observer column today Fry’s revelations are certainly designed to sell his new books, but he is admitting to a serious offence and national treasure or not, he should surely be investigated for his crimes.

This grumpy now has a part 2 click here for details.