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A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Jack Straw: Is he having a laugh?

Jack Straw: Is he having a laugh?

"Since 1997, we have done more to extend freedoms than any government before".

In my view, Jack Straw and David Miliband share the Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Award for Torture.



But yesterday, I hope, a movement was born and the standard raised against Straw and those who would destroy rights and liberties that have taken 800 years to accumulate.

And this...

Today's Convention on Modern Liberty showed that the British public are more than ready to defend their freedoms

And this...

Safeguarding Britain's security does not justify the totalising ambition of the government's data schemes
jailhouselawyer at 10:36 AM

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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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