This is a tough one, it has been a hard-fought competition with many excellent entries from the Labour party alone. In the final analysis, I nominate Jack Straw, because:
- he championed the freedom of information act then tried to amend it to cover up the MPs, including his, expenses.
- As the head honcho of the Orwellian “Ministry of Justice”, he not only failed to halt the process of extradition of Gary Mckinnon to the USA, he actively encouraged it.
This from the man who allowed General Pinochet, the mass torturer and murderer to go free.
This from the man who freed Ronnie Biggs and the Libyan bomber al-Megrahi (the terrorist who has killed the most on British soil).
(p.s. Nice to see Gordon Brown starting a war with China over the execution of an asian opium smuggler).
Thanks Guido for a year of enlightenment and humour, and to your contributors for some wonderful wit. Did I really say wit when I meant...And thank you Jack Straw, MP for Blackburn, who sanctioned the most despicably biased report on the murder of Andy Miller in his neighbouring constituency. I hope the War Crimes Tribunal has your deviant approach to JUSTICE.
