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Thais Portilho-Shrimpton

The Independent View: Seeking justice across borders

By Thais Portilho-Shrimpton | Wed 6th March 2013 - 12:53 pm

In October last year, Theresa May announced in the House of Commons the Conservatives’ intention to opt-out of 130 measures of EU criminal law cooperation.

We, at Justice Across Borders, are opposed to it – and many others are too – but the reality is, the way this issue has been presented by the Home Secretary, and has been debated so far, means nothing to the man in the street. That is why we have taken on the challenge to start a debate that can be joined by all.

Yesterday, we met the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal …

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  • Mick Taylor
    The FCC has, for whatever reason, stopped having controversial motions on the conference agenda. I can remember, in the past, huge differences of opinion (for ...
  • Meral Hussein-Ece
    A good article which highlights the problem with conference. It’s increasingly unaffordable for many, who are excluded from policy development. John is righ...
  • Chris Caswill
    John Kelly makes two important points. Party Conference is clearly over managed, and membership democracy is the regrettable victim. Time for a change. Second...
  • sean worrell
    I completely agree. The issue isn’t simply whether every member technically has the same vote. It’s whether everyone has a realistic opportunity to particip...
  • Peter Davies
    "we might as well go all-in and rejoin the EU" Everyone who opposes this already believes this is our position. Let's give those who agree with us a clear m...