Wikio - Jack Straw

Mo Nooz (Through The Scary Door)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:00 GMT

What's happening in this dull, dull world? The government have been warned by the United Nations (wotchit sunshine) about its restrictive attitude toward freedom of expression . Maybe this means Gordon Brown's accounts will be frozen and Jack Straw placed under house arrest? Perhaps this is a pointless waste of paper? It certainly doesn't seem to tell us more than we already know. The...

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One Blood: Inside Britain's New Street Gangs, by John Heale (The Independent)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

A vociferous cacophony presently demands that we should "blame the parents". Jack Straw himself has suggested that boys get involved in gangs because their father is not around. Fathers, he pointed out in July 2007, are least likely to be around if they are "Afro-Caribbean".

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Board to mull property tax increase for trauma care (Opinion L.A.)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:28:55 GMT

Seven and a half cents, Doris Day and Jack Straw sang, doesn't buy a heck of a lot. So what does seven and a half tenths of a cent get you? If county supervisors adopt a Tuesday board motion (pdf) on property taxes, it will get the struggling hospital trauma network $45.2 million annually. It will also cost the owner of a 1,500 square foot home approximately $10.80 a year. Just 12 weeks...

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'Jails create jobs and they're quiet neighbours' (The Independent)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The Government faces a race against time if it is to put more of the criminal population behind bars. Lord Carter of Coles, the best man at both of Justice Secretary Jack Straw's weddings, concluded last year that there would be a 13,000 shortfall in the necessary prison places by June 2014.

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[Blogs] Progressive schmoozion (Labourhome)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:35:16 GMT

In response to Sunder Katwala's article here , it remains to be seen how David Milliband develops his ideas into a governing strategy, but at least someone with imagination and intellectual engagement would be infinitely preferable to a simple 'sway with the wind' time-server like Jack Straw. I must say though that, in all the talk of Blairites and Brownites, nowhere is the sufficient...

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Justice Minister Jack Straw has let me down says angry Michael Shields (Liverpool Echo.co.uk )

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:15:00 GMT

JAILED Liverpool fan Michael Shields has attacked Jack Straw in a scathing letter from his prison cell.

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Justice Minister Jack Straw has let me down says angry Michael Shields (IC Liverpool)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:22:00 GMT

JAILED Liverpool fan Michael Shields has attacked Jack Straw in a scathing letter from his prison cell.

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Justice Minister Jack Straw has let me down says angry Michael Shields (icLiverpool)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:22:00 GMT

JAILED Liverpool fan Michael Shields has attacked Jack Straw in a scathing letter from his prison cell.

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Why we should be wary of leadership polls (UKPolling Report)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:10:04 GMT

The full tables for ICM’s poll on Sunday are now up on their website. Amongst other things ICM asked whether people would even recognise some of the potential leadership challengers if they saw them in the street. While 79% think they would recognise Jack Straw, only 54% would recognise Harriet Harman and 53% David Miliband, [...]

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Drowning Man Reaches For Gimcrack Gimmick (The Huntsman)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:25:00 GMT

Our Dear Leader: Will Jack Straw take him the revolver and the tumbler of whisky? Our Dear Leader is apparently to hold the first cabinet meeting outside London for 87 years. This is said by Downing Street to be part of the government's commitment to "listen and learn" from people's experiences and to enable Ministers to have them an opportunity to "engage" with the public. Who are they...

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Roll up: £1000 bribe to vote. (The Lone Voice)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:11:00 GMT

Voters who go to the polls in local elections could win prizes worth £1,000, it was revealed yesterday. Such an incentive would be much bigger than anything suggested so far under the 'votes-mean-prizes' scheme being considered by Justice Secretary Jack Straw. Whitehall officials had previously hinted the prizes would be relatively modest, such as free entry to council-run gyms and swimming...

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Jack Straw failed to intervene on 'soft' knife sentences (The Telegraph)

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:49:41 GMT

The last minute move by judges to stiffen 'soft' knife crime sentences last week came about because Jack Straw, the justice secretary, failed to intervene when the controversial rules were being drawn up, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

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Political Performance Index: July Results (Iain Dale's Diary)

noreply@blogger.com (Iain Dale) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:36:00 GMT

The interesting thing about this month's figures is that many of the climbers are Labour politicians, yet their national polling figures are the worst ever. Note that three leadership contenders - David Miliband, Jack Straw and Alan Johnson - are among those whose positionjs have improved substantially. 1. - David Cameron 6.83 (6.86) 2. +4 Alex Salmond 6.79 (5.75) 3. +2 William Hague...

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Jack Straw, Mrs Straw and the Prevention of Justice in the BAE Bribes Scandal (Craig Murray)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:27:54 GMT

As frequently detailed on this site, Jack Straw's relationship with British Aerospace has been a consistent thread in his political career and in government he has been especially helpful to them, over the sale of Hawk jets to Indonesia, the...

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Peter Facey: Labour's election funding mess (The Guardian)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Peter Facey: Jack Straw's funding bill comes too late, and is full of loopholes. If only his party had compromised over trade union money

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More Poll Woes for Labour (Iain Dale's Diary)

noreply@blogger.com (Iain Dale) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:29:00 GMT

The Telegraph has an incredible poll tomorrow. You can see the full results HERE . But here are some highlights - or lowlights if you are Gordon Brown, David Miliband, Jack Straw and especially Ed Balls! * Conservative 47%, Labour 25% (no figure for LDs yet) * 15% say GB is up to the job * 65% say GB is a liability, up from 25% in June 2007 * 44% say Labour's prospects would improve without...

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Who would be Labour’s most popular leader? (UKPolling Report)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:51:12 GMT

With the focus on Gordon Brown’s teetering leadership, it was always inevitable that would start seeing hypothetical polls on how people would vote with David Milliband, Alan Johnson, Jack Straw, Uncle Tom Cobley and all as Labour leader. I expected it to turn up on Saturday, but according to the Telegraph blog the first such [...]

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[Blogs] Greybeard incompetence (Labourhome)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:43:33 GMT

How come Jack Straw and Geoff Hoon have suddenly become the official repositories of the party's better judgement? It's this pair of jokers that convinced Brown not to go for the election last October - ever since which he's been seen as a "bottler", a coward, a ditherer. Had we had it then, there's every chance we could have could the Tories off the guard (prior to the Ashcroft money...

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Syvret to take Straw to court (This is Jersey)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:58:22 GMT

SENATOR Stuart Syvret revealed today that he has formally notified Jack Straw – the UK Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor – that he intends to take him to court. The Senator claims that the Labour minister (pictured) has failed to meet his obligations under the European Court of Human Rights to ensure that [...]

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Loyalty and Cowardice (The Appalling Strangeness)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:51:00 GMT

You can tell things are bad for Gordon Brown by all the people not running for the Labour leadership at the moment. Jack Straw isn’t running . Harriet Harman isn’t running . And David Miliband certainly isn’t . And yet they should be running. Each and every one of them. I think not one of them is worthy of the title of Prime Minister, and I don’t think anyone of them is capable from rescuing...

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