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Old 25-03-2008, 07:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Arrow For all those who still think we're in a 'police state'...

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Setting out a "new constitutional settlement", Straw said he wanted to update "how power should be exercised in a modern democracy".
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Other reforms would give MPs a say on the general election date, and would see 2005 restrictions prohibiting demonstrations around Parliament lifted.
That's awfully nice of them.

Source: ePolitix.com - Straw sets out constitutional reforms

EDIT: Can a Mod please tell me why, despite my repeated attempts to get the above into one quote box, the forum software keeps putting it into two?
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