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

By The Voice | Sun 11th January 2015 - 8:30 pm

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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