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« Outspoken ex-envoy takes aim at Straw | Main | Blair, Straw Lose Support From UK's Growing Muslim Population »

April 26, 2005

Jack Straw "simply not up to the job", says Labour MP

Independent - Outspoken ex-envoy takes aim at Straw:Tony Blair's lies over the war on Iraq, and his careless destruction of liberty have left me disgusted with the party I joined in 1968... Blair showed his contempt for the law by appointing an unholy trinity of home secretaries who have been deeply flawed: Jack Straw was simply not up to the job. David Blunkett saw himself as some sort of deified demi-god, issuing new commandments on a daily basis for the six o'clock news. And then there's poor Charlie Clarke, a bit of a chump preaching the politics of fear who was dealt a cruel hand by Blunkett over the Terrorism Act...

Posted by richard on April 26, 2005 8:02 AM in the category Straw Man


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