Tayab Ali is head of international law & a partner at Bindmans LLP. I think we need to understand this: what has happened to the Filton Four & their sentencing is a corruption of terrorist legislation to achieve political ends. That’s a very, very serious matter in any country, never mind one that styles itself as a democracy. It is not a technical issue, limited to the radical left, it is a fundamental distortion of our legal system - and it won’t end here. As such it should concern every campaigning organisation, trade union, civil rights group & anyone concerned with preserving human rights in the UK. Every one of those organisations should be speaking up, loud & clear.