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John Rentoul
John Rentoul is chief political commentator for The Independent on Sunday, and visiting fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, where he teaches contemporary history. Previously he was chief leader writer for The Independent. He has written a biography of Tony Blair, whom he admired more at the end of his time in office than he did at the beginning.
You can contact John in the comments area or email him at j.rentoul@independent.co.uk
You can contact John in the comments area or email him at j.rentoul@independent.co.uk
Was when he wrote this in January last year:
And so it came to pass.
Silly people are rejoicing over the arrest of New Labour's Ruth Turner. This is wrong, dangerous and short-sighted. Just because this creepy totalitarian method has been used against someone you don't like, it doesn't mean it's right. Just because David Blunkett and the ghastly Mary Ann Sieghart are against it doesn't make it good.
What you do to others will eventually be done to you. If you unleash the police as a political weapon, then you have authorised their use against your own side.
What you do to others will eventually be done to you. If you unleash the police as a political weapon, then you have authorised their use against your own side.
And so it came to pass.
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"When they came for the gypsies, I did not speak, for I am not
a gypsy. When they came for the Jews, I did not speak, because I wasn't a Jew. When they came for the Catholics, I did not speak, for I am not a Catholic. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak."
The more things change, the more they remain the same.