The excuses made for the Filton 4

Criminal damage and sledgehammer attacks are not legitimate forms of protest. It is remarkable that this needs to be said.

The contortions of activists and commentators over the conviction of the ‘Filton 4’ are something to behold. Amnesty International – a charity that once campaigned for prisoners of conscience but now produces screeds against those upholding the rights of women and homosexuals – has claimed that the sentencing represents ‘another step in the ongoing crac…