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Lord Tom McNally

Lord McNally writes… Justice and Security Bill: our authentic and liberal efforts

By Lord Tom McNally | Thu 14th March 2013 - 5:26 pm

I am the last person to argue that you should never resign from a political party. I resigned from the Labour Party just over thirty years ago. I know it to be an intensely personal and often painful decision. So I pass no judgement on those who have decided to leave the Liberal Democrats because of opposition to the Justice and Security Bill. I think I am entitled to ask, however, what kind of Justice and Security Bill we would now be contemplating if either Labour or the Conservatives had been governing alone?

It seems incoherent to me to resign …

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