http://ukliberty.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/lords-say-no-to-fraud-trials-without-a-jury-bill/ A blog on issues relating to liberty in the UK. "I take the view that it is part of being a good citizen, proving who you are, day in day out" - Andy Burnham, Home Office Minister. "Unfortunately we were unable to maintain the legislation which we wanted to do which would give us the power to detain people [without trial].” - Tony Blair, Prime Minister. "we should see an identity card, like a passport, in country, if you like" - Meg Hillier, Home Office Minister. "People who hope to be due for re-election in two years’ time are not the best people to trust with the liberty of the individual." Alistair Carmichael MP Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ukliberty.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/lords-say-no-to-fraud-trials-without-a-jury-bill/#comment-9048 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:33:17 +0000 http://ukliberty.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/lords-say-no-to-fraud-trials-without-a-jury-bill/#comment-9048 [...] of course, found that idea so uncomfortable that they are gradually getting rid of fair trials in favour of summary justice and introducing new types of civil orders to prevent [...]

]]> http://ukliberty.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/lords-say-no-to-fraud-trials-without-a-jury-bill/#comment-2816 Mon, 14 May 2007 22:07:42 +0000 http://ukliberty.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/lords-say-no-to-fraud-trials-without-a-jury-bill/#comment-2816 [...] that last proposal was thrown out fairly recently. It will be the first piece of legislation to be presented by the Ministry of Justice and [...]

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