I’m with Ken Clarke on the ludicrous statement of The Home Secretary the other day on the #HumanCatRights issue.
Theresa May got the law wrong on the cat example she used at the Tory Conference – as this statement from Wesley Gryk LLP, the lawyers involved in the case, makes clear.
While Ken Clarke described Theresa May’s comments on the Human Rights Act as ‘laughable and childlike’ – I suspect that many others would have been less complimentary. Law and Order is a serious matter and we don’t really need a Home Secretary who gets her law wrong, nor do we need a Home Secretary to think she is a panellist on Mock the Week or Have I Got News For You. Fortunately, the Judiciary put the record right.
I do hope that PM Camcorderdirect is not daft enough to re-shuffle Ken Clarke away from The Ministry of Justice. I have no problem with Mr Djanogly, Justice Minister, being re-shuffled to be our Ambassador in Mongolia after his lamentable performance at the MoJ and his recent ‘unfortunate’ failure to disclose business interests.
For a sensible analysis of the issue – pop over to Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights blog. He gets it right….as one would expect.
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I just have to update this post with this bit of twitter genius…
RT+10 Love it @x_v_o [name withheld] @Charonqc I saw this lady outside my house this morning… any idea who she is? http://twitpic.com/6v7vby
As ever on the button.
There is talk of a reshuffle and I expect that Kenneth Clarke will be a casualty. He has never been all that popular in the Conservative Party but if I were PM – (God forbid) – I would be talking to Kenneth about going back to the Treasury. He was superb there last time and his “toughness” is needed just now. Of course, he is 71 but, I feel sure, is fit and well enough to see out this Parliament.
(Also, there is talk of Shadow Cabinet reshuffle to bring in “new blood.” Sadly, neither Blair nor Brown really ever did that and a lot of good political talent was bypassed in the process).
Couldn’t agree more. The only Tory who has spoken sensibly about HRA is Clarke. This is my blog on the issue: The Human Rights Act Protects Your Freedom http://wp.me/p1U4xq-x
Returning from having been seriously out of the loop, i can only suggest that by way of punishment Theresa May be made to write a 5,000 word essay on the meaning of the word ‘because’.