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Shadow Home Secretary backs police justice, rejects due process. Be afraid.

For years now, the authoritarianism of the Labour government has enabled the Conservatives to pose as champions of civil liberties. Yet recent comments by shadow home secretary Chris Grayling illustrate how superficial such commitments really are. In a speech the other day Grayling billed his new proposals – in words to make Daily Mail readers [...]

Posted Under: Civil Liberties,Criminal Justice
This post was written by Reuben Bard-Rosenberg on July 20, 2009 Comments (6)

It’s time to reclaim the streets – from the paranoid and hypersensitive

A few days ago I was sitting on a bench in Marylebone reading a book. A middle aged man came up holding a can of beer and sat down on the other side. He then turned to and asked ‘Do you mind if I a open it?.’ Needless to say I agreed. But I was [...]

Posted Under: Puritanism
This post was written by Reuben Bard-Rosenberg on June 23, 2009 Comments (3)