ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Rob Wilson is MP for Reading East and Shadow Minister for Higher Education. Four years ago, when he was Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw accidentally shook hands with Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean President. Straw said at the time, “Because it was...
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
There is clearly a plan in place favouring David but how or why as he could easily have been moved sideways ? Jack Straw would do anythinng to help himself stay awake on the front bench.We hear that Ed Balls is angry with the new invigorated P.M.(Mandy not Gordon) but doesn't want to get his hands dirty at the Treasury himself . The heat is off popular with the rank and file Caroline Flint- so deftly...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
From: The 1381 Poll Tax rebellion The bridge over the River Ravensbourne at Deptford bridge has seen three major rebellions pass over it: The first of which was the Poll tax revolt in 1381, when Wat Tyler, the radical priest John Ball and Jack Straw led 60,000 of people down from Blackheath Hill across the bridge at Deptford Broadway and up the Old Kent Road into London in 1381.13 Ball is described...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
MORE than 36,500 criminals have been let out of prison early Jack Straw reveals
The Independent (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
For more than 70 years it has been the cradle of socialist writing, nurturing some of the Left's most brilliant thinkers. Aneurin Bevan and Michael Foot were founder members, George Orwell was once literary editor, and ministers ranging from Robin Cook to Jack Straw have been contributors. But the future of Tribune magazine is hanging in the balance following an emergency meeting in which the perilous...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
The Labour Party has a moneymaking deal with a "no win no fee" law firm despite a pledge by Jack Straw the Justice Secretary to clamp down on such arrangements.
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Did anyone see Michael Wills, the constitutional affairs minister, at Conference? Or hear much from his boss, Justice Secretary Jack Straw? Or hear anything at all about the Ministry of Justice's flagship Governance of Britain programme? Compared to the past few years, this was a very quiet Conference in terms of addressing democratic or constitutional reforms, or even initiatives to re-engage voters...
Through The Scary Door (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
67% of people who have never heard of McFly thought they might be a Scottish airline. 80% of his consituents would pay to watch Jack Straw fight a wild dog. 57% of the Tory front bench is dead, of that proportion 91% have not yet noticed. 100% of all Jam records should be deleted. 13% of all zombies have finished higher education. 43% of those went on to become Labour MPs. The other 2 out of 10 cats...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
JUSTICE minister Jack Straw has told the family of Michael Shields that he has no power to grant the jailed Liverpool fan a pardon.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
JAILED Liverpool fan Michael Shields is expected to find out today whether Justice Minister Jack Straw can grant him a pardon.
IC Liverpool (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
JAILED Liverpool fan Michael Shields is expected to find out today whether Justice Minister Jack Straw can grant him a pardon.
This is Jersey (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
A LAWYER representing some alleged victims in the major child abuse inquiry has asked UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw to comment on the Bailiff’s Liberation Day … [visit site to read more]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Jack Straw has opened a “new front for reform” — as the Labour Party press release put it, with a blistering attack on the fees charged by lawyers under “no win, no fee” cases.
Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Gordon Brown will attempt to reassert his authority over Labour in his keynote speech at the party conference. Justice Secretary Jack Straw discusses whether the prime minister can captivate Labour's core support and lead the party into a record fourth term.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Ex-PM's wife and justice secretary blame each other's professions for weaknesses in criminal justice system
