Mother England, Our Mirror
The Observer Comment Blair gets away with his assault on liberty, because we let him:
"Lord Steyn's attack on the Prime Minister last week won headlines for his condemnation of Guantanamo and Britain's defiance of international law, but the former law lord opened a much more serious front against New Labour in the Attlee Foundation lecture. In the most measured tones, he threw down a challenge to ministers who have become used to wielding the vast power they claim is mandated by Labour's majority in the House of Commons.
It sounds like a rather academic argument - possibly not one for the bank holiday weekend - and yet Lord Steyn's case is really very important for our democracy. He said: 'Absolute power encourages authoritarianism which is a creeping phenomenon. Our government has been prone to it."
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