Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Why should they be trusted to do the right thing? Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in her response to the NUJ’s concerns over the rights of photographers, appears to give the police a blank cheque to restrict, ban, or halt photography whwerever and whenever they wish. Without any legal statute to guide them one must ask if [...]
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | yesterday
"We would have a requirement that the spouse must a basic knowledge of English before they came to the UK. Yeah, that will send a strong message. From The BBC : Home Secretary Jacqui Smith outlines the measures to combat forced marriages The rules for people bringing in spouses to the UK from overseas are to change - in an attempt to tackle forced marriages. The age limit will be raised from 18 to...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said raising the age from 18 to 21 will reduce the number of marriages in which young British women, many from immigrant families, are taken abroad and pressured into marrying men their families have chosen for them.
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
ukliberty highlights this example of Jacqui Smith banning a student identified as ‘AE’ from studying AS level Biology or Chemistry. (a) the objective of the Secretary of State in seeking to prevent or restrict involvement by AE in terrorism related activity is sufficiently important to justify limiting the right of AE to education; … (c) the decision of [...]
The Remittance Man (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Coming just a day after unions issued a report saying that the compulsory ID cards airport staff were being forced to obtain were useless: The first group of workers to be have compulsory ID cards forced on them have warned Jacqui Smith that the measure will not improve security. Union staff representing airport workers will this week meet the Home Secretary as a matter of "urgency" to discuss their...
Nouslife (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Now could be the time to be a Trades Unionist: the chance to be on the side of the angels politically and throw weight behind ID-card refusal. FT.com / Home UK / UK - Unions join protest against airline ID cards: "The Trades Union Congress has told Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, of its 'significant and substantive' concerns about the plans for thousands of airport workers to become the first
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Trades Union staff tell Jacqui Smith that ID cards infringe civil liberties It’s about time that this hapless government woke up to the fact that their “Big Brother” style just won’t work and is alien to the instincts of the British people. ID cards did not nothing to stop the Madrid bombers carrying out their evil [...]
The Register (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Airport workers join their bosses Unions representing airline and airport staff are to tell Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that her plan to force staff to carry ID cards will add nothing to airport security.…
An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Jacqui Smith warned by first group to be given ID cards that they will not improve security - Telegraph The first group of workers to be have compulsory ID cards forced on them have warned Jacqui Smith that the measure...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
The first group of workers to be have compulsory ID cards forced on them have warned Jacqui Smith that the measure will not improve security.
Cynical Chatter From The Underworld (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
The NUJ has been in contact with Jacqui Smith over the issue of photography and the law. Jacqui Smith says, in a reply to a letter from the NUJ, posted on the British Journal Of Photography website, that… ‘First of all, may I take this opportunity to state that the Government greatly values the importance of the [...]
The Amazing Toad (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Below are the current UK cabinet members listed against their "employment" before they were elected to parliament. Prime minister – Gordon Brown: Professional student. Lecturer. 3 years at Scottish Television. Home secretary - Jacqui Smith: Teacher Foreign secretary - David Miliband: Voluntary sector bureaucrat. Labour policy wonk. Chancellor of the Exchequer - Alistair Darling: Lawyer Justice secretary...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith says Brits should be 'willing to stand up for others'
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Members of the public should be ready to intervene if they see a crime being committed, claims Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
icWales (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Members of the public should be ready to intervene if they see a crime being committed, claims Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
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news rage uk | 15/05/2008
It is impossible to escape knife crime at the moment. It seems like young men are dropping like flies and there is no suggestion or indication yet that these crimes will cease to continue. New mayor Boris has taken steps with the police and with the backing of home secretary Jacqui Smith to introduce measures for tackling the problem. Funding has been approved for more metal detectors and teenagers...
