A first this week as a former Swine Of The Week returns to appear twice in the League. As a general rule I try to spread the piggy honours as wide a possible but this guy just won't quit. At first glance this former Swine appeared to be mending his ways yesterday as he met with the Home Secretary to put pressure on the government to stop the US abusing terror legislation to circumvent regular extradition procedures.

Seemingly fighting the corner of human rights this guy is surely well on the way to making up for his prior Swinery. When I tell you however, that this week's Swine Of The Week is none other than Sir Digby Jones, again, you'll see why it's necessary to dig a little deeper.

Although this is Digby's second appearance in our League of Swine he actually earned his first position through two separate acts of Swinery in one week. A serial offender he shows his usual class this week through the motivation of his protest.

In order to qualify for human rights you need only be human, regardless of who you are or what you've done these are the basic protections we afford to all members of our species. When Digby visited Santa's retarded cousin yesterday however, these were not the rights he was seeking to uphold.

Acting in his post as Director of the CBI his protest was not about the US misusing their terror powers but specifically about them misusing those powers against suspects in 'white-collar crimes'. Apparently 170 of those extradited to the US under the new powers have been business professionals suspected of things like fraud and deception etc.

"This might be acceptable for the bloke who wraps semtex around his body but not for a 62-year-old executive..." Digby is quoted as saying in The Guardian. A true and outspoken disciple of the capitalist faith Digby can always be relied upon it seems, to deliver the stereotypical cash-junky spiel.

The UK has seen too many terrible rail disasters over the past few years and the result each time is that those in charge of the companies responsible walk away, free and clean. According to Digby and his hugely influential ilk, wearing a suit and tie and earning huge sums of money apparently elevates individuals to some higher status than the rest of us plebs.

The idea that businessmen who have committed crimes should be treated in the same way as terrorists or 'normal' criminals is anathema to the business community and there are even mutterings of a business boycott against the US. "Why should I trade with America or invest in America if I might find myself up on remand with a bunch of rapists?" Digby explained.

Bizarrely enough if the business community were to implement such a protest they would suddenly find themselves sharing a bed with the likes of me who also try to avoid buying US products or services wherever possible, albeit for completely different reasons. Of course it is unlikely that such a situation would arise as we all know that before principle or solidarity the businessman looks to the dollar and the US can still afford to buy a whole lot of consciences.

The parallel has been drawn before but it's both relevant and valid: Who is a greater threat to society? The thug who knocks over a pensioner and takes their purse or the businessman who steals a pension fund and leaves thousands of oldies skint?

If I were to be charged with credit card fraud, ie. a financial crime that doesn't involve any direct trauma, I could find myself on remand alongside rapists. So why should Digby or his friends be treated any differently?

Of course extradition requires the consent of both governments involved, ie. if the British government believes one of it's subjects to be innocent they don't necessarily have to extradite them. Is it really so outrageous then to suggest to businessmen that one way to avoid the US's new powers of extradition is not to break the law! If you've done nothing wrong the US should have no reason to want you, and if they make a mistake the UK government can back you up.

So there we have it, for shamelessly perpetuating the myth that the high priests of capitalism are anything other than human like the rest of us, Sir Digby Jones is this week's Sine Of The Week and becomes the first person ever to appear in our League Of Swine twice. Y'know I sometimes struggle with these posts but I'm starting to suspect that if follow I Digby's public career he could keep me in posts for a good long time!