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I wouldn't have lost the colonies…

Lord Norton 29/01/2009 – 11:05 am

The Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw, gave evidence to the Constitution Committee in the Lords yesterday.  It was a wide-ranging session covering a number of constitutional issues.  I put a number of questions to him.   The Lord Chancellor knows who I am, and has variously quoted me, but he seems to have problems with my name.  He once referred to me in the Commons as 'Lord Norton of Looth' (befo […]