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How on earth can our community have any standpoint from which to condemn the actions of the BNP or those who act on similar beliefs against those Muslims as innocent as this Jewish man and others in the wake of something like 9/11, the 2005 bombings or Jack Straw's veil comments?
More anti-Seimitic attacks in London Not a sheep 2009
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There's a lot more marvellous humour to be found at Jack Straw's blog, I just hope the authors keep it up for longer than the Happy Harriet parody writers managed.
Finest political parody website I have seen for a while Not a sheep 2009
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The Tories 'Dominic Grieve huffed a great deal but was torpedoed by derision when he eventually said he agreed with Mr Straw's decision.
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Civil Liberties campaigners refused to comment on Mister Straw's announcement, because they couldn't understand it.
Reform Body Attacks 'Database State' Dungeekin 2009
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With values of "Dignity - Peace - Prosperity" and a focus on providing the essential needs of food, water, and peace, TPRF was immediately drawn to Straw's ethos of dignity in development.
Nicole Skibola: Dignity, Self-Sufficiency and Potable Water This World Water Day Nicole Skibola 2011
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Just before Christmas many journalists welcomed Jack Straw's decision to open up the family court system to journalists - see the UK Press Gazette report, for instance.
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But after a Scottish newspaper disclosed the identity of Straw's son, the English injunction was lifted.
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The result will be a worse-run country, where the state grows incrementally more heedless and irresponsible – exactly the argument I made against, among other things, Jack Straw's proposal for secret inquests.
Ken Clarke is ready to betray 800 years of British justice | Henry Porter 2012
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On New Year's Eve 1997, the then British home secretary Jack Straw's 17-year-old son was found in possession of drugs.
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Civil Liberties campaigners refused to comment on Mister Straw's announcement, because they couldn't understand it.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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