The fact that only seven Labour MPs (plus one teller) managed to struggle through the Noe lobby last night hardly spells a major renewal of Labour’s commitment to civil liberties. It was no more than the number of Lib Dems (out of a rather lower total) allowing them to continue to claim the mantle of […]
Posts Tagged ‘Prisoners’ Rights’
Prisoners’ right to vote
Jan 18th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.There’s something pretty galling about MPs opposing a prisoner’s right to vote when a prisoner who happens to be a Member of Parliament is, it seems, free to carry on being an MP provided they’re not sentenced to more than a year. In that context, a four year sentence doesn’t seem an ungenerous point at […]
