Thread:Comments:Scottish Justice Secretary 'acutely aware of unusual publicity' in Kular case/UK & Commonwealth tradition v. US laws/reply (18)

It's an... alright follow-up. I struggled to get suitable explanations of this fairly complex story into inverse pyramid form, and I think it shows.

Social media contempt is not-unknown, but tends to follow things like naming of rape victims. In terms of prejudicial comments, official policy is to usually turn a blind eye; the comparison made is to a conversation in the pub about one's opinions on the news.