tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post4428683170859399288..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Baroness Thatcher of KestevenObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-48637162296570033542013-04-13T17:33:01.651+01:002013-04-13T17:33:01.651+01:00Ah yes - Spycatcher - referred to at Margaret That...Ah yes - Spycatcher - referred to at Margaret Thatcher and the Constitution - Richard Edwards (link in the post above).<br /><br />Could have also mentioned Ponting.<br /><br />So many things - had to be selective.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-86654962404039026342013-04-13T17:32:07.165+01:002013-04-13T17:32:07.165+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-87048516077097750032013-04-13T14:00:00.674+01:002013-04-13T14:00:00.674+01:00To my mind, the greatest legal battle of her premi...To my mind, the greatest legal battle of her premiership comprised the long running attempts to suppress Spycatcher. These were remarkable for several reasons, in particular the drama of Malcolm Turnbull cross examining the cabinet secretary Sir Robert Armstrong in Sydney concerning the role of the AG in banning the book; Neil Kinnock pursuing exactly the same point at PMQs in London to elicit a contradictory answer from Margaret Thatcher during the overnght recess (down under), and the following morning Armstrong commencing his testimony with an admission that the previous day he had been 'economical with the truth'. Gripping stuff (for lawyers anyway). <br /><br />The fun was just beginning as the Govt spent the following two years trying to maintain the ban in England on the basis that to lift it would reveal state secrets despite the book being readily available around the world (including in Scotland that the Home Office appeared to simply overlook). At one stage during this process the Daily Mirror printed the pictures of three Law Lords upside down under the headline 'You Fools', surely the lowest point in public respect for the judiciary in living memory. At the time I assumed that this exercise in shutting stable doors etc simply demonstrated that HL was in the govt's pocket. <br /><br />Although having seen exactly the same arguments rehearsed and history repeat itself more recently with regard to naming individuals with superinjunctions, I am now wondering if the issue of open secrets is just a HL/SC blind spot.PaulW5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-70308754710534830962013-04-12T18:08:57.232+01:002013-04-12T18:08:57.232+01:00Thank you ObiterJ for a fair and measured bio of M...Thank you ObiterJ for a fair and measured bio of MT. I think much of what she did had to be done and although I did not like many of her policies I can well remember the 1984 and 1989 Acts and their effect in the local magistrates' court. What was sad was that our well-designed (adapted) family court suffered from the failure of many lawyers to appreciate the nature of what was being attempted. Even now I am not convinced that some really understand. Onlookernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-67151474774751292152013-04-12T16:18:59.252+01:002013-04-12T16:18:59.252+01:00There's no such thing as society. Thatcher 198... There's no such thing as society. Thatcher 1987. <br /> There's no such thing as Thatcher. Society 2013.Anonymous Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-65092546730118288792013-04-11T23:30:08.366+01:002013-04-11T23:30:08.366+01:00Ken Loach is spot on<a href="https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/59191_518192171561023_1900564617_n.jpg" rel="nofollow">Ken Loach is spot on</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-82178014596070205052013-04-11T19:39:59.135+01:002013-04-11T19:39:59.135+01:00Somebody had to take on the union (robber) barons...Somebody had to take on the union (robber) barons. As one who lived through the 70s "decade of madness" it was very clear the Labour party was never going to be that somebody. Thatcher was that somebody, the pity is it had to be her, as shw was completely empty of humanity and humility.<br /><br />My personal view is that she was a wilful, wicked, woman, and nothing I saw in her time in office has changed my view. She was really AWFUL !!Frasnoreply@blogger.com