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Now Gordon has spun off to Afghanistan – make that Pakistan (see above)

December 13, 2008 – 5:16 pm

. . . . “I’ll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes” Puck, Midsummer Night’s Dream We heard this morning that UK Gordon Brown has broken off his constructive discussions with EU leaders to appear in Afghanistan to mourn the death of four British soldiers, killed in two bomb incidents, one where a [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Afghanistan, British Constitution, EU policy, Europe, Human rights, Identity cards, Insurgency, International Affairs, Iraq, Law and order, Policy, Political spin, UK politics, Uk Home Office, Uncategorized, War on Terror, citizens' rights, human rights abuse | Also tagged Afghanistan, Al Quaeda, Civil liberties, Gordon Brown, Iraq War, Operation Kratos, UK knife crime, UK politics, War on Terror | Comments (1)

UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith walks backwards to 1984

December 1, 2008 – 12:19 am

The awful events in Mumbai overshadowed a serious breach in democratic principles in the UK on 29 November, 2008. Nine counter terrorist police stormed the Kent home and Westminster offices of Conservative Shadow Minister Damian Green, searched his home, constituency and Westminster offices and detained him under the Official Secrets Act. The MP was [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British Constitution, Human rights, Law and order, Policy, Politics, UK politics, Uk Home Office, extradition | Also tagged Boris Johnson, Damian Green MP, David Cameron, democracy, Harriet Harman, Home Office, Human rights, Immigration, Jacqui Smith, Met Police Authority, UK government, UK politics, Westminster village | Comments (5)