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Peer blasts Labour's rights record

Updated on 11 December 2008

Source PA News

A former adviser to the Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on Labour's human rights record.

Lord Lester, who quit as Gordon Brown's adviser on constitutional reform last month, accused the Government of a "dismal and deeply disappointing" failure to defend the Human Rights Act.

He also said he felt like a "Government-tethered goat" during his 15-month tenure as prime ministerial adviser.

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