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Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... invited the anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders to the House of Lords in February only for Jacqui Smith, then the Home Secretary, to issue a banning order so that Mr Wilders was turned away at Heathrow. The Dutchman travelled to Britain in October after overturning the ban. Lord Pearson’s own outspoken views about Islam were recorded in Washington DC last month. Asked...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Rights rules it will not prevent McKinnon's extradition. 13 September The then home secretary, Jacqui Smith, refuses to stop the extradition on the grounds of his Asperger's diagnosis. 23 January 2009 McKinnon wins permission in the High Court to apply for a judicial review of his extradition. 23 February Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of anti-terror laws, asks the home secretary...
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Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Watch today's Daily Politics and watch Andrew Neil firmly skewer Jacqui Smith for her government's alleged funding of extremists. It's good that there is at least one BBC interviewer willing to question a Labour (albeit ex) minister and push the point again and again.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... of the strategy to tackle violence against women and girls was initiated earlier this year by Jacqui Smith when she was home secretary. The consultation carried out this summer received more than 1,500 responses. The introduction of compulsory lessons on preventing violence in relationships into the classroom follows research showing that only about half of young women and girls receive...
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The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... showing he is becoming just as crap at his job as the last holder of the office of Home Sec. one Jacqui Smith. Oh Postman Prat can be contacted @ johnsona@parliament.uk
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Action 4 Equality Scotland (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... the House of Commons. In recent months, the committee has treated two MPs very leniently indeed - Jacqui Smith and Tony McNulty - despite the fact that both are former government ministers - who were required to apologise to the House of Commons over their expenses claims. See previous posts dated 13 October 2009 - Home Sweet (Designated) Home - and 29 October 2009 - Savaged By a...
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British National Party (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... to be genuine. When the points-based immigration system was introduced, the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith promised that the new system would “raise the bar” and lead to “fewer migrants coming to the UK from outside the EU.” The BBC reported that immigration officers had warned of a massive increase in arrivals, and that a “significant number of those arriving on student visas had...
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Vlad Tepes (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... year. It was designed to be tougher and more selective than the old one. The then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith promised that the new system would “raise the bar” and lead to “fewer migrants coming to the UK from outside the EU”. But earlier this month, immigration officers told BBC Radio 5 live they feared more bogus students are arriving in the UK under the new system, partly because...
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... of heart by the Westminster Government - as late as March last year, the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith again rejected calls for airgun laws to be devolved.But last night, Whitehall sources confirmed that Murphy and Johnson have agreed that transferring legislative powers to Holyrood, despite logistical difficulties, can proceed.Bonnini was jailed for at least 13 years for Andrew's...
