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The Conservatives were in uproar today when the speaker of the House of Commons banned them from asking Tony Blair about the Labour leadership. Michael Martin admonished David Cameron for demanding whether Mr Blair backed Gordon Brown as his successor during a highly charged prime minister’s questions. He said it was Labour party business and… Read more »
One of the pioneers of DNA has warned that the use of the technology in fighting crime has gone far beyond what it was designed for. Alec Jeffreys said there was “mission creep” in the role of Britain’s national DNA database which meant it was increasingly holding information on innocent people, rather than simply criminals,… Read more »
