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Liberal Democrat responses to anti-terrorism legislation review
Here’s a round-up of responses from Liberal Democrat figures and blogs: Tom Brake MP (Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs and Justice) Sanity and justice have been restored to British life. Today is a victory for those who have campaigned to restore the historic freedoms that Labour spent 13 years destroying. [...]
Anti-terrorism review: 6 questions to judge the government by
With the publication of the government’s anti-terrorism review just about to happen, and likely to include a large number of details, what are the key points to look for in judging how the review has gone? So far, we know one outcome – the reduction in the maximum period people can be held without charge [...]
More details published of Government’s review of anti-terrorism powers
A Home Office news release tells us: The Home Secretary has announced today that a rapid review of key counter-terrorism and security powers is underway. The review will look at what counter-terrorism powers and measures could be rolled back in order to restore the balance of civil liberties and counter-terrorism powers… The review will look [...]
Why vote Liberal Democrat? Book review
If you go to Amazon searching for “Why vote Liberal Democrat?”, edited by Danny Alexander and just published by Biteback, you may be surprised to find yourself being presented instead with a book of the same title from 1997, written by William Wallace. The new book is misfiled by Amazon under the title “Why vote [...]
