• The riddle of Jack Straw is why, despite these things, they cannot bring themselves to dislike him.

    ECONOMIST: The riddle of Jack Straw

  • Thomas recalls that during his stalking of Jack Straw he waited for the Home Secretary outside the LWT building in London, where Straw was taking part in Jonathan Dimbleby's programme.

    BBC: Kebabbed: Part 4

  • Another Channel 4 success is Mark Thomas, whose "investigative comedy" involves a blend of journalism, stunts and ambushes, such as confronting Home Secretary Jack Straw with a group of campaigners for the medical use of cannabis - and using the occasion to interrogate Straw about the integrity of his position.

    BBC: Kebabbed: Part 4

  • Labour had looked at having a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities as the basis of a written constitution - the then Justice Secretary Jack Straw believed a written statement of "common values" would help social cohesion.

    BBC: David Cameron: UK human rights law review 'imminent'

  • Leaders of the UK's Muslim community have held talks with Home Secretary Jack Straw in the wake of allegations of attacks by vandals on mosques.

    BBC: Straw briefed on mosque attacks

  • Dr Meldrum was one of eight signatories to a letter sent to Justice Secretary Jack Straw along with the heads of the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Nursing, Medical Defence Union, Medical Protection Society, Royal College of GPs, Faculty of Public Health and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

    BBC: Data plans 'medical records risk'

  • Mr Wallace is proposing a more liberal freedom of information bill than that offered by Jack Straw, the home secretary, south of the border.

    ECONOMIST: Scotland

  • It is understood the complaint was referred to the ombudsman by Jack Straw, chief executive of the council.

    BBC: Ombudsman launches inquiry into Swansea council leaders

  • Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons and a former foreign secretary, said he felt "uncomfortable" at the reimbursement.

    FORBES: U.K. Parliament Cries 'Fowl' Over Turkey Cull Payout

  • Leaked ministerial letters reveal UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw's change of stance over Megrahi's inclusion in the prisoner transfer agreement (PTA).

    BBC: Megrahi trade deal untrue - Straw

  • The ambassador, after lengthy negotiations and hundreds of meetings, will be there with the UK government team of Tony Blair, Jack Straw and Geoff Hoon.

    BBC: Welsh wisdom wins Nato's ear

  • And under 25% is what happens when people are presented with Jack Straw's list of parties, rather than a system that allows them to pick people.

    BBC: News | UK Politics | Charles Kennedy's speech in full

  • And in February Justice Secretary Jack Straw vetoed the publication of minutes of cabinet meetings discussing the legality of the war in the run-up to the invasion.

    BBC: Iraq war inquiry to be in private

  • Toughest of all has been Jack Straw, Labour's home affairs spokesman, who last summer announced an ambitious plan to overhaul the treatment of young offenders in all government agencies.

    ECONOMIST: Young offenders

  • They were later joined by UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and the mayor of Toulouse Philippe Douste-Blazy.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Queen takes day-trip to Toulouse

  • This, roughly, is what Sir William Macpherson's report on the death of Stephen Lawrence will tell Jack Straw next week.

    ECONOMIST: The riddle of Jack Straw

  • He said he had yet to receive a reply to a letter he wrote to UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw four weeks ago on behalf of the British detainees.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Plea over Guantanamo protesters

  • As the home secretary, Jack Straw, acknowledged in the House of Commons, any long-established, white-dominated organisation is likely to have procedures, practices and a culture which tend to disadvantage non-white people.

    ECONOMIST: Crime and policing

  • But the prime minister's popularity is hardly a legitimate cause of Tory complaint, especially if the government decides, as it should, to invest heavily in public education on the issues and to let its own heavyweight opponents of proportional voting, not least Jack Straw, the home secretary, join the fray on the other side.

    ECONOMIST: Tony and Roy

  • After meeting America's secretary of state, Colin Powell, on Thursday, and Britain's foreign secretary, Jack Straw, on Friday, Mr Annan acknowledged that diplomats were discussing the possibility of agreeing a multinational force to guard UN sites and staff, with a separate command structure but in some way under the influence of the American military.

    ECONOMIST: Iraq's security void

  • Traveling with British foreign secretary Jack Straw, Rice arrived in the middle of an overnight thunderstorm.

    NPR: Rice and Straw Visit Baghdad, Prod Negotiators

  • Rice was accompanied by her UK counterpart, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who is a local member of Parliament.

    CNN: Rice: Thousands of errors in Iraq

  • Labour's Jack Straw - who helped draft the Freedom of Information Act - has said it should be re-written to create a protected space for cabinet ministers and officials to discuss policy.

    BBC: Whitehall

  • Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the Foreign Office already warned of a high terrorism risk there and he would only warn against travel if there was an imminent threat of terrorism, an endemic threat or where law and order have broken down.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Survivors speak of bomb horrors

  • But Jack Straw, especially, has emerged as one of Mr Blair's most trusted colleagues, and is seen to have performed far better than expected in the difficult role of Home Secretary.

    BBC: Is Blair a butcher?

  • British politicians, such as Tony Blair and Jack Straw, have denounced the veil as a symbol of separation.

    ECONOMIST: Europe and Islam

  • Mr Justice Owen recommended Martin serve a minimum sentence of nine years in a report to Home Secretary Jack Straw.

    BBC: Shotgun farmer defends actions

  • Jack Straw, who was foreign secretary at the time of the invasion, told the BBC the new leader was not an MP at the time so had "greater freedom to say we didn't get it right, but I don't agree with his view".

    BBC: Ed Miliband tells Labour: We're the optimists now

  • The former Labour Home Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday it was "a matter of great regret" that he did not do more during his time in office to investigate the claims of the Hillsborough campaigners, while arguing that it was the Conservative Thatcher government which had created a "culture of impunity" within the police.

    BBC: Hillsborough: Result of lazy 1980s prejudices

  • Unfortunately the proposed legislation announced by Jack Straw, the home secretary, bears all the hallmarks of a panic reaction.

    ECONOMIST: Hooligans and the law

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