Comments on: Lord Lester lambasts Labour on human rights http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Foster http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72622 Alex Foster Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:25:12 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72622 <blockquote>Straw angered human rights campaigners by giving an interview in the Daily Mail this week in which he said many people felt the act, passed by the government in 1990 while he was home secretary, </blockquote> Eh? Home secretary in 1990 was David Waddington. Human rights act was 1998.

Straw angered human rights campaigners by giving an interview in the Daily Mail this week in which he said many people felt the act, passed by the government in 1990 while he was home secretary,

Eh? Home secretary in 1990 was David Waddington. Human rights act was 1998.

]]> By: Tom Papworth http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72619 Tom Papworth Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:04:33 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72619 I wonder if the damage Lord Lester has done has made up for the damage he did (at least according to some Lib Dems) in supping with the devil in the first place? Maybe the whole thing was a clever ploy by Cowley Street! James, I'm not sure there would be much point. It would be difficult to identify what exacthly s/he was delivering so it would be more like a Human Rights Czar. Without a department and budget ministers are just blow-holes. It wouldn't achieve anything. I wonder if the damage Lord Lester has done has made up for the damage he did (at least according to some Lib Dems) in supping with the devil in the first place?

Maybe the whole thing was a clever ploy by Cowley Street!

James,

I’m not sure there would be much point. It would be difficult to identify what exacthly s/he was delivering so it would be more like a Human Rights Czar.

Without a department and budget ministers are just blow-holes. It wouldn’t achieve anything.

]]> By: Mark Wright http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72618 Mark Wright Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:59:29 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72618 A tabloid-whipping-boy minister? Suicide. As popular as a Minister for Tax. A tabloid-whipping-boy minister? Suicide. As popular as a Minister for Tax.

]]> By: James Schneider http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72611 James Schneider Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:14:06 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72611 What does everyone think about creating a human rights minister? What does everyone think about creating a human rights minister?

]]> By: Mark Wright http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72594 Mark Wright Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:03:51 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72594 My bad - I was thinking of Lord Carlile! My bad – I was thinking of Lord Carlile!

]]> By: David Matthewman http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72592 David Matthewman Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:52:15 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72592 (Sorry, the above anonymous comment was me.) (Sorry, the above anonymous comment was me.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72591 Anonymous Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:51:09 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72591 <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/81013-0006.htm" rel="nofollow">He speaks against 42 days quite eloquently here.</a> He speaks against 42 days quite eloquently here.

]]> By: Mark Wright http://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-lester-lambasts-labour-on-human-rights-6959.html#comment-72588 Mark Wright Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:02:53 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=6959#comment-72588 Lester never should have backed Brown on 42 days. I'm sorry, but my confidence in him went at that point. Lester never should have backed Brown on 42 days. I’m sorry, but my confidence in him went at that point.

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