Letters: Pussy Riot and proportionate sentencing

The Pussy Riot verdict provides our celebrities with a Spartacus moment: surely it won't be long before Paul McCartney and Stephen Fry storm the altar in St Paul's and sing "Shit, shit, the Lord is shit" (Guilty verdict 'written by Putin' fires up his opponents, 18 August)?It would be a win-win scenario: either the British media and government would applaud their bravery, or there would be an "international outcry" if Britain's own absurd legislation against religious offence were to be invoked...

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