Paul Chambers

• That joke isn't funny anymore
  Posted on July 1, 2012 by Louise Restell
  The joke that landed Paul Chambers with a £385 fine and a criminal conviction that lost him his job probably didn’t make anyone laugh much when he first tweeted it. His ‘threat’ to blow a snow-bound airport ‘sky high’ unless it re-opened in ‘a week and a bit’ doesn’t rank alongside the funniest jokes ever told. But the furore unleashed by his unamusing tweet has made English justice a bit of a laughing stock.
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  Posted in: Justice system
  Tagged: communications bill, jury, Louise Mensch, Paul Chambers, Spartacus, Twitter joke trial