Has Chris Grayling put his foot in it?

Has Chris Grayling put his foot in it?

By Mark Pack | Mon 23rd February 2009 - 5:02 pm

Follow @markpack

The new Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling gave a speech today in which he said,

Labour has had eleven years and they have collectively failed – their musical chairs based system of home secretaries has left Britain a more dangerous, less civilised place to live in.

Now that’s odd. Not only because, as Hopi Sen points out, “Chris Grayling is the third Shadow Home Secretary in the last year” but also because on my calculation, the average term of office of a Labour Home Secretary since 1997 (excluding Jacqui Smith, as she is still in post) has been slightly higher than the average term of office of Conservative Home Secretaries 1979-1997. Ooops.

Read more by Mark Pack or more about chris grayling.
This entry was posted in News.

Advert

2 Comments

Hywel 23rd Feb '09 - 10:25pm

Yes.

Because THAT was the objectionable bit of what Grayling was saying 🙂
Mark Pack 23rd Feb '09 - 10:34pm

Feel free to write a post about the rest of his speech 🙂

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

Name *

Email *

Website

Comment

Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Most Read

Op-eds

Tom Arms’ World Review (Tom Arms)
Observations of an Expat: Visions of America (Tom Arms)
Championing stronger AI resilience: Take-away from ALDE Congress 2026 (Larry Ngan)
Introducing The Grimond Society (Jack Meredith)
The proud independence of the Isle Of Man (Paul Walter)

Advert

Recent Comments

Simon Costain
I'm guessing around a thousand high net worth individuals are resident on the Isle of Man for tax purposes, though others suggest up to 3,000 Low earners on ...
David Wright
While Trump's "gift of the license to manufacture Patriot air defence missiles" is welcome, it won't stop a single Russian missile aimed at Ukraine this year or...
Matt Wardman
Thanks for the piece, Tom. I tend to disagree on the NATO summit. Listening to serious reports (my goto since February 2022 has been the Telegraph's Ukraine ...
theakes
Considerable concern in Democratic circles that Trump will call the coming election rigged, cancel the States results won by the opposition and then impose mart...
Peter Martin
@ Roland, I'm not sure I understand your comment. Every company which is registered for VAT can reclaim VAT on purchased items. The question is whether VAT s...