Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
I was digging around the Parliamentary website yesterday (someone has to!) and came across this comment from Jack Straw, made in May 2007. “It is utterly irresponsible!” he exclaimed about the Lib Dem administration that had just taken over Hull City Council. The issue at stake was the Council's 31% stake in Kingston Communications PLC. The Lib Dem administration decided that it was time to cash
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
London Lawyers for the jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields have begun a challenge to his conviction by a Bulgarian court. Two High Court judges in London are being asked to rule that Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has the power to exercise the ancient “royal prerogative of mercy”, even though Shields was convicted abroad. Shields, 22, is serving a ten-year sentence in the UK for the attempted...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | yesterday
MICHAEL Shields’ fate was still in the balance today after the high court delayed a decision on whether Jack Straw can free him.
footy247 (Free subscription) | yesterday
MICHAEL Shields’ fate was still in the balance today after the high court delayed a decision on whether Jack Straw can free him.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
MICHAEL Shields’ fate was still in the balance today after the high court delayed a decision on whether Jack Straw can free him.
icLiverpool (Free subscription) | yesterday
MICHAEL Shields’ fate was still in the balance today after the high court delayed a decision on whether Jack Straw can free him.
icLiverpool (Free subscription) | yesterday
MICHAEL Shields’s fate was hanging in the balance today as three high court judges decided whether Jack Straw can free him.
Flip Chart Fairy Tales (Free subscription) | yesterday
The government has announced that, from this week: Branded high-visibility jackets must be worn by offenders carrying out work on community payback projects. Jack Straw rejected criticisms that this amounted to medieval justice: What this is about is enabling the public to see that justice is being done. A sound idea, Jack. Those who harm the rest of us [...]
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Just seen a classic on the Parliament Channel. Her Majesty had a quick chat with Jack Straw on her way out of the Lords. Jack opened up his document bag to reassure Her Majesty that indeed her speech was in it. After the Queen moved away, The Duke of Edinburgh moved in to chat with Straw. The Duke opened the bag and gestured as if he was extracting the speech and tossing it away. My sentiments exactly...
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Straw rejects 'police state' fear over UK MP's arrest Justice Secretary Jack Straw said it was ridiculous to describe the arrest of Conservative politician Damian Green as a sign that Britain had become a "police state". Straw said he understood MPs' concern over the arrest of Conservative Immigration Spokesman Green, 52, as part of an inquiry into leaks of government material. But he denied that ministers...
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
A weak Speaker is a terrible blight on parliament. In Speaker Martin we have the weakest Speaker in modern times. Harriet Harman is trying to push him around: Dale has the scoop , Harriet Harman is convening a meeting of the government, party and civil service figures, Jacqui Smith and Jack Straw, as well as Cabinet Secretary Gus O'Donnell, Jill Pay, the Serjeant at Arms and the Parliamentary Clerk,...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The Conservatives have been sent an email by mistake, which details a meeting taking place tomorrow organised by the Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman to discuss the Speaker's Statement to the House. Invited to the meeting are Jacqui Smith and Jack Straw, as well as Cabinet Secretary Gus O'Donnell, Jill Pay, the Serjeant at Arms and the Parliamentary Clerk, Malcolm Jack and a representative...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Former UK Ambassador to Ukbekhistan Craig Murray has entered the fray in the Damian Green case with some potentially explosive allegations. He attacks Jack Straw for denying all knowledge of the incident, although I suspect his fire is slightly misdirected. Instead, his anecdote blows to pieces the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's contention that Home Secretaries never interfere in police matters. Let...
Beau Bo D'Or (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Anything to please the tabloids eh Jack?
Blogzilla (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
"How is Britain to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? "With the continued development of £12bn plans to set up a vast data silo to store information on all phone calls, emails and internet connections? Another soviet style article from Jack Straw, which tells us how the inventory of freedoms has increased under Labour? Or the issue of ID cards to foreigners by a...
