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Featherstone and Hughes defend Coalition record on civil liberties in letter to Independent on Sunday

The coalition’s record on civil liberties took a bit of  a pasting in last week’s Independent on Sunday. Today, Justice Minister Simon Hughes and Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone defended the Liberal Democrat record in a letter to the paper. Their missive rather felt the sharp edge of the editor’s pen, but the full version (via the party website) is below. They have a good go at both the Tories and Labour.

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  • Jana
    @Ruth Bright “… just to be clear, I think we should SUPPORT the siting of the centre at MOD Bicester” I assume from this that you do not live near MOD...
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    Rather hoped that my first comment could not be misread, but just to be clear, I think we should SUPPORT the siting of the centre at MOD Bicester....
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    An interesting article. I would begin my answer by stating that majority governments are not necessary - parties want to have total control so they can do wh...