International Law

Jack Straw fails to do his duty

By John Hirst

Speaking at a special event on the future of human rights legislation, Mr Straw indicated the Government should do more to encourage people to vote.

Funny you should state that Jack, because if you drafted the Bill to legislate to allow convicted prisoners to vote they would not need any encouragement to vote they would simply cast their vote. It is pure hypocrisy to claim that people need encouragement to vote when in truth it is the government which is preventing them from exercising their human, legal and civil right.

You state that using the right to vote is an important duty of citizenship. If you did your duty, then convicted prisoners can do theirs.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).