No shame

From today's question time:

Keith Locke: Is the Labour Government not somewhat ashamed that rather than advancing democratic rights it is taking court cases to stop human rights being taken into account, to keep Mr Zaoui in prison after 22 months, and to stop him having access to the media; and what possible reason is there for the Minister not to free Mr Zaoui now, so that he can live in our society with his family?

Hon PAUL SWAIN: No.

This is another reason not to vote Labour: they simply have no shame about their attacks on human rights. This is a government which has attacked rights of judicial review and Habeas Corpus, which thinks it is acceptable to imprison people without providing them even with a summary of the evidence against them, and has argued that it is acceptable to keep a man in prison for five years without trial. These are things any government with a sense of decency would be ashamed of. It speaks volumes about Labour's political priorities that they are not.