MORRISON I COIONAL ROY JENKINS had the reputation of being most liberal of all Jenkins went on to introduce the Prevention or terrorism AcT, wnici and search without a warrant, the limiting deportation on the Home Secretany s whim, representec one or me gravest anacks on ine civi berties of the individual since the end of the Second World War.
But the "liberal' reputation of Jenkins persisted: me most popular do ective pennec ScHiDes riBe Street. Such compliments did have gait Labourth me Secretaries, with probably most liberal of his breed; which savs more about tormer Home Secretaries than does Merlyn Rees is following a long permeated the Home Office when Labourhas been in power.
Secretary 31947 in Churchil's coalition Labour Home Cabinet. Herbert Morrison. cec over ine arrest ane internment without trial of 4,000 'aliens', many Suppressed the Communist Dally from Hitler's Germany.
Inose ordered me saper. e oractice wnien sull persists today Chuter Ede, Home Secretar i Or Labour Government McCarthyism. He purged the Dervice or anyone communist sympatnies, banned a London May Day demonstration in 1949, ensured that an international held in Britain was cancelled, Hist ume introauceo provisions to.
witnarawa or british pass ports.
controls of British pass pon nolders overseas anc during the 1964-70 Labour Govern ment, the passing of racist im controls became one of Home Secretaries. The 1965 Immicration ACT entry Commonwealth citizens with work vouchers, and the 1968 Act, rushed Powell, deprived CROCI passport noicers or me out reside nere uniess mevnad a paren orgrandfatherborn in the UK agencies whose interests are directly opposed to our own CLYNES indeed throwing out or keeping out 'undesirables' has a history as lone as me Labour movemments nemseives one or ine earnes practitioners was Labour Home Secretary J.R. Clynes, who in 192 lenied the right of Leon Trotsky t live in Britain.
recolly denounced by Shirlev Williams a notamusineloreac commented.
'For the Labour Government to refuse a visa to a revolutionary is really happy their emons die once again. One needs no great imagination to picture Mr. Clynes's During the Clynes feels as it he were undergoing an examination, ano is atrald ne will not seem tirm enouon needs little ingenuity on the part of the police to prompt Mr. Clynes to a decision that will I be greeted with - conservative papers nexrday Substitute kees tor evnac and CIA for the police and we have a pretty accurate description which has led to ceponaron orders Deing ISSUed gainstateeane nosensal The tradition of right wing Labour Home Secretaries is no Home Office is the most closely associate win ail me ruine ciass nolds dear, ine detence or oroner! the rule of law', the preservation of which is best way that incomin Labour GovemmenTs SnOW their ovalyto these institutions is someone the ruling class holds ir ruling class can be contident will Merlyn Rees is someone deny the rignis or nose whom wey fike Trotsky, marching trade ung,o. whether it be revolutionanes ists like those in London se in London in 1949, or
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