TIMES ONLINE: Nick Clegg today defended a decision under the Human Rights Act to allow two Pakistani terror suspects to walk free in the UK despite an assessment that they pose a serious threat to the British public.
In his first major set-piece speech to launch the Liberal-Conservative programme of political reform, Mr Clegg said, “The law is very clear that it is wrong to deport people where there is risk that they will be seriously mistreated, tortured or even killed.”
The Liberal Democrat leader was booed by crowds of young people as he arrived at the City & Islington College in North London for his first major address as Deputy Prime Minister, and opened by saying the “loud reception” was a “sign of how things have changed”.
His speech was designed to launch what the Government says is the biggest shake-up of British democracy since 1832, including a promise to “tear through the statute book” to dispose of unnecessary laws. >>> Judith Evans | Wednesday, May 19, 2010
