by RAY FLEMING THE main duty of any prime minister is to do everything possible to protect the security of our nation and its citizens. Thus spake Tony Blair in the House of Commons on Wednesday and in an article in the Daily Telegraph yesterday. The statement is, of course, unexceptionable and he had no need to add in the article the snide comment, directed presumably at Michael Howard, that I had hoped everyone, and certainly every responsible politician, would understand that this is more important than ever. In another part of his article Mr Blair wrote that There is no greater civil liberty than to live free from terrorist acts. It is clear from these statements that the Prime Minister is worried enough about the opposition to his new Anti-Terrorism proposals to accuse those who criticise them of being neglectful of the nation's security and of the individual's civil liberty.
SECURITY AND LIBERTY
25/02/2005 00:00
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