Britons tried abroad in their absence will be deported from the UK to serve their sentence under planned European laws.Refinements to the controversial European Arrest Warrant system mean a British citizen can be arrested here and sent to prison elsewhere - even if he did not know he had been charged.
The rules will apply to crimes ranging from murder and rape to others such as 'xenophobia' which is unrecognised in British law. [Daily Mail]
That systems are in place for extradition to be facilitated between democratic nations is clearly a good thing.
To surrender to the EU model however, is clearly a recipe for the destruction of our rights under British Justice.
To respond that 'if you have not done anything wrong, you will have nothing to fear' is naive and disingenuous. It is a variation on the ID cards theme.
Neither can you argue that governments will not abuse extreme powers - they always will when it suits their nefarious purposes!
If considered amongst all the other erosions of our liberties by the European Union - we have cause for much worry.
