Speaking to the Welsh Liberal Democrats conference, Ming Campbell said:
It is a pleasure to be here in Wales this weekend.
And as the Six Nations clash between Scotland and Wales is now a full month ago, I feel relieved to be here today rather than on 10th February.
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Commenting on today’s Royal Society of Arts report on drug laws, which called Britain’s drugs laws as “not fit for purpose”, Ming Campbell said:
“This report is a wake up call. Our current policies are clearly not working. The drug problem is complex and not susceptible to simplistic solutions. We need a non-partisan debate about the way forward.”
You can get the RSA report from their website.
At the Liberal Democrat “We Can Cut Crime” rally, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell highlighted that over 51 million crimes have been reported in this country since Labour came to power.
Ming Campbell said:
Tony Blair’s legacy on law and order is one of tough talk, and spectacular failure.
Effective criminal justice should deter crime and reform the criminal. But the reality is that Labour has failed on both counts.
Shockingly, we live in a country where less than one in every hundred crimes committed leads to a court conviction. Just one in every hundred.
And just as bad, we live in a country where eight out of ten teenage boys reoffend within two years of release.
Ming Campbell launched the Liberal Democrats ‘We can cut crime!’ campaign on January 22, 2007 as follows, and also launched the ‘We can cut crime‘ website:
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Ming Campbell introduces the Liberal Democrats ‘We can cut crime’ campaign:
