Ken Clarke
Interviewer: “Rape is rape, with respect”; Ken Clarke: “No it’s not”
Ed Miliband called on David Cameron to sack Ken Clarke today after the justice secretary's remarks about rape in a BBC radio interview this morning.
Unofficial Yes to AV campaigners are achieving success from the grass-roots
Matt Wootton reports on the inventive and creative grass-roots campaigning for the Alternative Vote, that is taking off on the internet.
Cool Clarke sends Sun frothy at mouth
Andrew Neilson attacks the tabloid reporting of crime and punishment and provides an evidence based argument for sentencing reform.
Clarke’s legal aid axe cuts our rights not the deficit
Justice Select Committee Karl Turner MP explains how cuts to legal aid will cut our legal rights and not the deficit.
How would extremists fare under AV?
Ken Clarke has claimed that the Alternative Vote would make it easier for extremists to be elected to Parliament. This is the opposite of the truth. But it is one of a number of questionable and misleading claims about extremism being made by opponents of the Alternative Vote.
Clarke’s mantra on youth offending is: “If it works, break it”
The influential Commons Public Accounts Committee published a report today on the youth justice system in England and Wales, writes shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter.