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Archive for January 12th, 2010

With…apologies to The Simpsons… although I suspect they could have asked better questions…? If we expected to see Alastair Campbell crumble, distance himself from Blair , or even see the panel leap into action and ask questions with anything approaching the precision of an experienced barrister, we were disappointed.  I enjoyed watching Alastair Campbell publicise [...]

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Police powers to use terror laws to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The Strasbourg court has been hearing a case involving two people stopped near an arms fair in London in 2003. It said Kevin Gillan and Pennie Quinton’s right to respect [...]

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Campbell faces the moment of truth The Independent reports: “Alastair Campbell faces potentially explosive questioning today over his role in overstating the reliability of intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s weaponry, as he becomes the first major political figure to appear before the Iraq inquiry. Tony Blair’s former Downing Street director of communications is expected to be [...]

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