Quintin Jardine's blog

As  write this, the three Pakistan test cricketers found guilty of corruption are being sentenced. I’m following court proceedings courtesy of the BBC journalist James Pearce, and his Twitter account. While it’s remarkable in one sense that we can do this, I find it ridiculous that in the 21st century we should have to. If someone out there has a coherent argument against TV and radio being allowed to broadcast the  sentencing phase, at the very least, in criminal proceedings of significant public interest, then please let me hear it. I’m trying to come up with one, and I can’t. It would be a damn sight cheaper than Strictly Come Dancing, etc, and the viewing audience might be just as high.