Post by nickd on Mar 25, 2011 15:32:48 GMT 1
Here's an interesting little extract from Tory policy in 1955 on Legal Aid and the prominence which the Conservatives attached to it, oh how things change.....
"Liberty and the Law"
"Justice between citizen and citizen, and justice between citizen and State must be upheld and strengthened. "
"The Conservative Party regretted that economic difficulties made it necessary for the Socialist Government to defer indefinitely the operation of important parts of the Legal Aid and Advice Act. We are now preparing to extend legal aid to proceedings in the County Courts, and also intend during the life of the next Parliament to introduce the comprehensive scheme for legal advice.
We have cut back war-time powers and regulations which trespassed upon British liberties. Seven out of every ten have been eliminated, and we shall take steps to deal with the rest."
Read all of what they said back then and decide for yourself how much they've changed their way of thinking....
www.conservative-party.net/manifestos/1955/1955-conservative-manifesto.shtml
It's from an archived site and therefore not an official Conservative site - but it's probably very representative of what they were saying back then.
"Liberty and the Law"
"Justice between citizen and citizen, and justice between citizen and State must be upheld and strengthened. "
"The Conservative Party regretted that economic difficulties made it necessary for the Socialist Government to defer indefinitely the operation of important parts of the Legal Aid and Advice Act. We are now preparing to extend legal aid to proceedings in the County Courts, and also intend during the life of the next Parliament to introduce the comprehensive scheme for legal advice.
We have cut back war-time powers and regulations which trespassed upon British liberties. Seven out of every ten have been eliminated, and we shall take steps to deal with the rest."
Read all of what they said back then and decide for yourself how much they've changed their way of thinking....
www.conservative-party.net/manifestos/1955/1955-conservative-manifesto.shtml
It's from an archived site and therefore not an official Conservative site - but it's probably very representative of what they were saying back then.