Wikio - Charles Clarke

Join The Journalism Debate This Autumn (charliebeckett.org)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:29:30 GMT

Polis is busier than ever this autumn so please join us for more debate about media and society. We will be discussing privacy, public service broadcasting, scandal, humanitarian communication, blogging, financial journalism, politics and much more. Charles Clarke MP, Jeremy Hunt MP, Peter Bazalgette, Andrew Gilligan, Ben Brogan, Emily Bell, James Harding, Sir Christopher Meyer, Robert...

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JAMES SLACK: Targeting terror... and fly-tipping (Evening Standard)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:15:01 GMT

Soon after July 7 Charles Clarke said it was vital police could access the records of those who might be plotting similar attacks.

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JAMES SLACK: Targeting terror... and fly-tipping (Daily Mail)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:18:01 GMT

Soon after July 7 Charles Clarke said it was vital police could access the records of those who might be plotting similar attacks.

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Join the debate about journalism this autumn (charliebeckett.org)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:14:01 GMT

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UP Holds Executive Session Saturday (All Africa)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:07:10 GMT

The Chairman of the Unity Party, Dr. Charles Clarke says the Executive Committee of the Party would go to session this Saturday to discuss several issues geared towards making the party viable.

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Labour’s Runners & Riders Circle Gordon Brown’s Paddock…6/4 The Field? (Boatang & Demetriou)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:51:12 GMT

The latest news on the Labour Party’s current open warfare spells an incredible rapid end to the government as we know it. According to the Times piece, certain Blairites including Charles Clarke and Stephen Byers are plotting away and seeking to get rid of Brown once and for all. Traditional labour voters and left wingers must [...]

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Ministers can't even find 100 foreign criminals - Huhne (Liberal Democrats)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Commenting on the announcement that fewer than one third of the foreign criminals at the centre of the scandal which caused Charles Clarke to resign have been deported, and that over 100 have yet to be located, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary , Chris Huhne said: "Ministers bang on about record numbers of foreign prisoners being deported, but the truth is that they still cannot...

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Adrian Ramsey's Leadership Bid (The Daily (Maybe))

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Adrian Ramsey has launched his bid to become the very first deputy leader of the Green Party. Adrian is a bit of a local legend round these parts and is in a good position to oust Charles Clarke at the next General Election so I thought I'd take a quick look at his rather impressive campaign website, just as I did for Caroline's and just as I'll do for any other leader or deputy leadership...

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Fee at the Point of Use (The Curmudgeon)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:50:00 GMT

The former Minister of Unfitness for Purpose, Charles Clarke, has given vent to a discharge about what's wrong with our public services. The problem, apparently, is that the Government isn't making enough money out of them. Clarke, whose most famous contribution to fiscal efficiency is probably this, suggests "user charges" as an alternative to privatisation, since "the assumption,...

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Charles Clarke: Paying for public services is a good idea (The Guardian)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Charles Clarke: Don't dismiss the idea of paying for some public services. It can be the best and most painless way to improve them

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A good idea or just pandering to cynicism? (Greater Manchester Fabian Society)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Charles Clarke calls for taxpayers to pay directly for specific services in todays Guardian . There are two major problems with such an idea that initially spring to mind: 1) such taxing creates new and extra layers of bureaucracy and 2) have the potential to lessen redistribution even further if not done in the right way.

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Charles Clarke calls for more upfront fees for public services (The Guardian)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:05:09 GMT

Taxpayers should be asked to pay directly for a wider range of public services, the former cabinet minister Charles Clarke suggested today

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After Gordon - The Bearded One? (Keep Tony Blair For PM)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:59:06 GMT

Home All Contents of Site - Index Comment at end 17th July, 2008 Martin Bright at The New Statesman has an interesting article today on Charles Clarke’s new paper “Achieving the Potential“. I heard Mr Clarke on Today, this morning, and he did not criticise Mr Brown. Well, not in so many words. But Mr Bright says his [...]

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Public Sector Charging (Burning our money)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:59:00 GMT

The Bloke was on R4 Today this morning to discuss Charles Clarke's new paper on public sector service charges. In it, Clarke calls for an extension of charges across a wide range of public services, including health, education, and transport. He says: "The fundamental case for increasing the role of such ‘user charges’ is to increase equity, reduce social division and increase...

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Guest Post: Not all renewable energy projects are ‘green’ (The Daily (Maybe))

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT

Today's guest post comes from Norwich councillor Adrian Ramsay (pictured, right) who is destined to unseat Charles Clarke at the next election - really. Here Adrian takes on the fact that not everything that has eco- in its name is necessarily good for the environment. In recent years there has been an upsurge of large-scale projects purporting to be ‘green’. The Green Party has been...

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Clarke warns on terror detentions (BBC News)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:55:44 GMT

Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has said attempts to secure 42-day detention "severely" damage the fight against terrorism.

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Doubtful Advice (The Curmudgeon)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:54:00 GMT

The ex-Minister of Unfitness for Purpose, Charles Clarke, has expressed "very serious doubts" about locking people up for six weeks without charge. He wrote to Agent Smith before the recent vote, worrying that the bribes offered to Labour rebels would make the law unusable: "I remain very concerned about the possibility of ever using this power to extend to 42 days, so that the whole...

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Clarke in warning over 42-day rule (Metro.co.uk)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:25:03 GMT

Former home secretary Charles Clarke has warned ministers that attempts to secure 42-day pre-charge detention will "severely" damage the fight against terrorism.

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Clarke in warning over 42-day rule (Daily Star)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:15:37 GMT

Former home secretary Charles Clarke has warned ministers that attempts to secure 42-day pre-charge detention will "severely" damage the fight against terrorism.

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I blame Gordon Brown, Charles Clarke, the DUP, Ann Widdecombe, UKIP and the vast ranks of utterly stupid Labour MPs (Little's Log)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:06:00 GMT

... the erosion of our liberties. Thank God for the House of Lords, and I cannot wait for the day when Clarke loses his seat and a new Conservative MP for Norwich South can vote to repeal this nasty piece of legislation.

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