Nick Clegg will be speaking tonight at the 20th annivesary celebrations of human rights group, Privacy International, and will stress the importance of this coming general election as an opportunity to win back privacy. Here are some extracts from his speech: Labour has spent 13 years trampling over people’s privacy. From allowing children’s fingerprints to be taken
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Nick Clegg speechLiberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg declared that Britain has lost its moral authority on human rights issues in a hard-hitting attack on the Government’s stance on immigration. In a speech to Amnesty International to mark Human Rights Day, Nick Clegg warned that the UK is developing a two-tier rights regime, with foreign nationals targeted by draconian measures like ID cards...
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LibDems on 11th Dec 2008 (via libdems.org.uk)
Nick Clegg writes this evening at Comment is Free on the need for the British government to uphold human rights at home as well as abroad. He describes the strengths of British human rights laws, and reminds that the Liberal Democrats will continue to support them in the face of the Tories’ rhetoric or moves
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 25th Aug 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
A Clockwork Clegg: The Nick Clegg Newsnight road crash Remember the Lib Dems sold everyone down the river over Lisbon. Remember his fake outrage and the pathetic childish walk out ? Take a second look at the real Nick Clegg.
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ManInAShed on 17th Apr 2010 (via atoryblog.blogspot.com)
Well, Nick Clegg certainly thinks so. I’ve just returned from Amnesty International’s reception for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at which Clegg was the keynote speaker. Points of note: 1.Nick Clegg is not a very good public speaker. 2. Nick Clegg and his party are talking the language of sense on immigration. 3. The
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LiberalConspiracy on 10th Dec 2008 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg claimed this morning that the 2010 general election would not be the usual "two-horse race" between Labour and Conservatives as his
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Scotsman on 6th Apr 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Labour was poised to offer the Liberal Democrats a deal this morning that would bring Nick Clegg's party into a coalition government.
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Telegraph on 7th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Here’s the report: The party is on the brink of being censured by the [information] commissioner, Richard Thomas, for breaching strict privacy rules when [Nick] Clegg called 250,000 voters in 50 marginal constituencies last Wednesday night after his keynote speech to the Lib Dems’ conference. The privacy watchdog has confirmed that it believes the automated calls were
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 24th Sep 2008 (via libdemvoice.org)
The Lib Dems would restore people's right to privacy which has been "trampled" on by Labour, Nick Clegg will say.
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BBCPolitics on 18th Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Labour was poised to offer the Liberal Democrats a deal this morning that would bring Nick Clegg's party into a coalition government.
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Telegraph on 7th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)