Sir Keir Starmer has gone where no Labour leader would dare (unless you were Tony Blair) and quoted Margaret Thatcher in a positive way.
He was speaking at Port Vale Football Club in Stoke-on-Trent, when he said: “Nothing is more important – more fundamental – to a democracy like ours. The rule of law is the foundation for everything.
“Margaret Thatcher called it the ‘first duty of government’ – she was right. An expression of individual liberty – our rights and responsibilities, but also of justice, of fairness, of equality – one rule for all.
“That’s the principle I’ve been proud to serve all my adult life. As a human rights lawyer, fighting for families with young children, trying to escape mould-infested accommodation, or for freedom of speech in the McLibel case.”
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