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Terrorism Bill

It really does not matter what the customer looks like. What will matter is whether the bookseller says in his defence, ““I am absolutely clear that I did not endorse the material, irrespective of what the customer looked like. I had nothing to do with it. I was simply providing a book for sale among all the other books that I have available for sale””. Whether the bookseller is able to satisfy everyone that that was the case will depend heavily on the evidence presented and the context. I am sure that the British Library, Waterstone’s and the ordinary bookseller will have no difficulty in satisfying the requirements. Indeed, it is unlikely that anyone seeking to investigate such matters would pursue a prosecution of that kind.