Anyone who thinks our civil liberties will be any better protected by a Conservative Government should think again. Speaking in Bangor (the Northern Ireland flavour) on Friday, the News Letter reports Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve saying: … there is “a rights culture” which is “out of control”, not just in Ulster, but throughout the UK. It

James Graham (Quaequam Blog!): Anyone who thinks our civil liberties will be any better protected by a Conservative Government should think again. Speaking in Bangor (the Northern Ireland flavour) on Friday, the News Letter reports Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve saying: … there is “a rights culture” which is “out of control”, not just in Ulster, but throughout ...

Vernon Coaker MP, Labour’s Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, responding to media reports that the Northern Ireland Secretary has written to the Northern Ireland political parties about talks to deal with the past, said:

Shaun Woodward MP, Labour's Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference. It has been an enormous privilege to serve as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The opportunity to serve and the privilege to work with the people of Northern Ireland will always be with me. This has been another historic year for Northern Ireland. The third and f...

The Conservatives are pledging to introduce a "repeal bill" to scrap laws that erode civil liberties, senior party figures said at the weekend. The bill, which would remove parts of anti-terror and anti-crime legislation thought contrary to civil liberties, would form part of an election manifesto, said Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary. Grieve made the announcement at the Convention on Mo...

Interview: Free-thinking shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve talks multiculturalism, faith and selective education

Dominic Grieve, the man brought in to replace David Davies as shadow home secretary, has been made shadow justice secretary.

Vernon Coaker MP, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, responding to last nights bomb attacks in Derry, said:

The actions of a small number of violent criminals must not be allowed to provoke anyone to undo the progress that has been made in Northern Ireland says Owen Paterson the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

If we have to have a Cameron government, then I would much prefer an Iain Dale or a Dominic Grieve as Home Secretary than Chris Grayling. (All are, naturally, a disappointment compared to Home Secretary Huhne under PM Clegg!) Yet I fear Iain’s chances of getting the job are only slightly worse than Dominic Grieve’s