Guilty until proven innocent: welcome to Blair's Britain

When I was listening to BBC News this morning I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Unfortunately I wasn't.

Princess Tony has decided that the best way to deal with young yobs is to haul them before a judge to prove they are innocent.

In case you haven't quite understood the gravity of that statement let me reword it for you.

Children accused of yobbish behaviour will have to go to court to prove they are innocent of what they are being accused of. They will not be presumed innocent until proven guilty and will appear in court like an adult.

There is something very sinister going down here. For a start, yobs or not, they are children and are therefore less able to defend themselves. Secondly, the most fundamental thing about the law of this country is that you are innocent until proven guilty.

But why aren't I surprised that Princess Tony has even contemplated this, let alone indicated his intention to go ahead with it? I saw a quote the other day by Traitor Blair which I can't find now (if anyone has it to hand, please put it in the comments). He said something along the lines of the presumption of innocence was troublesome and it was a barrier to justice.

Welcome to Blair's Britain.