Human rights campaigners will be thrilled to see the Ministry of Justice's hardline response to calls from the likes of Home Secretary John Reid to suspend pesky parts of the Human Rights Act 1998 as the intra-government debate over civil liberty issues steps up to a new level of intensity. 'Human rights minister visits Amnesty's garden at Chelsea Flower Show' blared a recent MoJ press release. 'I look forward to continuing to promote the government's campaign on a common sense approach to human rights with partners such as Amnesty,' said minister Baroness Ashton. 'Human rights provide a set of common values with which we can all agree.' We're sure Mr Reid got the message - there's nothing like saying it with flowers, after all.
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