Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Newsnight Hustings: What Will Be the Difference?


Johnson - Seriousness and Moral Purpose. Serious politics, not stunts with Huskies from Cameron.
Harman - Slams the Bank Holiday briefing without consultation on Police Powers. People are fed up with being bounced.
Hain - That came on the back of other similar briefings. Agrees with Harman.
Blears - Balance between Security and Liberty. She's for Security. Claims the Police Powers ideas come after request from NI Office. Hain denies that. She says Stop and Question is a liberalisation from Stop and Search. I don't think so.
Cruddas - Opportunity to turn the page and get back to a real public service ethos.
Benn - There's a crisis of trust in politics. We must be honest and open with people. (Answering a Paxman supplementary which Cruddas rightly declined).

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