Another own goal for the Tories… f**kwits !

The latest from the Laurel & Hardy Policy Institute: I’m not sure that many people will applaud the latest Tory poster.  It seems to my increasingly jaded eye that Cameron and his advisers are just trying to be too clever and too ‘hip and down with da kids etc etc etc’ . I feel confident [...]

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Binyam Mohamed torture evidence must be revealed, judges rule

UPDATE: Appeal judge watered down Binyam Mohamed torture ruling The Guardian: Government persuaded Lord Neuberger to delete damning references to MI5 ‘culture’ of suppressing evidence Binyam Mohamed torture evidence must be revealed, judges rule The Guardian reports: “High court ruling compels British government to disclose what MI5 knew of refugee’s treatment in Guantánamo Bay.” Three [...]

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Law Review: Lord Ashcroft’s tax, Lord Chief Justices speak out, ASBO for dressing as schoolgirl and more women judges are beeing appointed.

It would seem that the Tories are not entirely sure about the tax paying status of their Deputy Chairman, Lord Ashcroft. Senior Tory clears up Lord Ashcroft tax mystery … or does he? The Guardian reports: “A senior source said Sir George Young had ‘mis-spoken’ when he told the BBC that Ashcroft was a ‘non-dom’.  [...]

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