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   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <440d61ac$0$21368$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, GB   
    writes   
   >>   
   >> Betty Hunter, spokeswoman for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said   
   >> yesterday the group would write to Mr Straw. "We are appalled that the   
   >> Foreign Office is employing someone who has a very distinct bias."   
   >>   
   >   
   >On the whole in this country, civil servants are not barred because of their   
   >political views, just as long as they leave them at home when they go to   
   >work so to speak. Bethlehem seems a pretty bright cookie, and I guess the   
   >foreign office were pleased to get his services. They must have been   
   >satisfied that he is able to advise them independently,   
      
   What does that mean, to advise the government on the law   
   'independently'. Sounds to me as though it means nothing.   
      
   >regardless of his   
   >background. Why should the press (or Betty Hunter) think that they can do a   
   >better job of recruitment than the Foreign Office did?   
   >   
   >> Mr Bethlehem, a specialist in international law at Cambridge University,   
   >   
   >> Philippe Sands QC, who knows Mr Bethlehem well, said: "He is a first-   
   >> class international lawyer and an individual of impeccable integrity.   
   >> Some may say he has a conservative disposition but he is independent and   
   >> very much his own man."   
   >   
   >Sounds perfect for the job. Well done the Foreign Office.   
      
   Lies to help murderers. Nice guy, eh?   
      
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   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
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