David Winnick
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Killing of five British soldiers casts doubt on Afghanistan strategy...and the West lacked a credible plan for the country. David Winnick, a senior Labour backbencher, asked Mr Brown to set out a clear timetable for bringing British forces home. The Prime Minister said training the Afghan security forces... In this article: Afghanistan, Afghan National Police, Grenadier Guards, Royal Military Police, Labour, Taliban, United Nations, Britain, Falklands War, and Tories |
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BBC News | June 24, 2009
Judge warns on sentence increases
...north London in June 2008. Mr Straw had been responding to a question from Labour backbencher David Winnick, who told the Commons that the jail terms handed down to Ben's killers were "not really sufficient". Michael Alleyne, 18, Juress...
In this article: Jack Straw, Lord Chief Justice, Criminal Justice Act 2003, London, and Labour
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Times Online | September 10, 2009
Lord Phillips: I sympathise over assisted suicide
...medically assisted suicide. Attempts to change the law continue. David Winnick, a Labour backbencher, said that he would try to introduce a Private Member's Bill. Lord Phillips said: "Different people have very strongly held beliefs...
In this article: Suicide, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Jack Straw, Supreme Court, Multiple sclerosis, Labour, House of Lords, and The Daily Telegraph
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Wikipedia | June 23, 2009
David Winnick
...and has a strong commitment to human rights. That commitment made him a strong voice in the House of Commons against both the Taliban and Saddam Hussein and he supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq. On 9 November 2005, Winnick's amendment to a...
In this article: David Julian Winnick, House of Commons, Labour Party, 2003 Invasion Of Iraq, London School of Economics, House of Commons, Taliban, and Michael Martin
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Telegraph.co.uk - Politics | May 12, 2009
MPs' expenses: pressure grows on Speaker Michael Martin to stand down
...should "examine his conscience". Earlier in the Commons, David Winnick, a respected Labour backbencher, told Mr Martin that he considered his comments "inappropriate" and urged him to apologise to Miss Hoey. Mr Martin refused discuss the...
In this article: Michael Martin, Kate Hoey, The Daily Telegraph, Liberal Democrat, and Labour
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Daily Mail | May 13, 2009
QUENTIN LETTS: Dearie me! Old boobster Martin faces another day of heckling in the House
...voice, gaunt shirt collar, steely principles. Mr Winnick may look a bit like Douglas Hurd's older brother but he's solid Labour, has been around for years and is fantastically brave. Yesterday he rose to make a point of order. It began...
In this article: Kate Hoey, Michael Martin, Labour, Venom, and Vauxhall
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ITN Headline News - UK News | April 03, 2009
Fresh calls for MI5 'torture' probe
...of MI5 complicity in the torture of terror suspects. At Commons question time, former shadow home secretary David Davis joined Labour's David Winnick in pushing for an investigation. Raising the issue at question time, Mr Davis asked why...
In this article: Allegation, Detainee, Labour, Guantanamo Bay, UK, and Afghanistan
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Sunday Mirror | January 16, 2009
What have sneaky MPs got to hide?
...confidence." Advertisement - article continues below ยป Labour backbencher David Winnick added: "What is being proposed could give the impression we have something to hide." MPs' expenses are published each year in 13 broad...
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Guardian Unlimited | May 16, 2008
Rebel MPs try to block 42-day detention plans Politics guardian.co.uk
...bill. These were then tabled as amendments to the bill today. Among those signing the amendments include Labour backbenchers David Winnick and Ann Clwyd. Winnick said: "I believe there is a reasonable chance that the government...
In this article: Andrew Dismore, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Geoff Hoon, and Tony McNulty
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The Register | September 17, 2009
New SOCA chief battles <cite>'Yes, Minister'</cite> jibes from MPs
...Sir Stephen Lander, who became the "British FBI's" first boss after leading MI5. David Winnick, a Labour member of the Committee, said: "Some people might cynically say your appointment is a sort of Yes, Minister scenario, having done...
In this article: SOCA, Labour, QinetiQ, Keith Vaz, and Yes, Minister
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David Julian Winnick (born 26 June 1933) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall North.
Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson once called Winnick the "stupidest man in the house".
Winnick was an advertising manager and a branch chairman of the Clerical and Administrative Workers Union.
He was a councillor from 1959 on Willesden Borough Council, then the London Borough of Brent.
Winnick was first elected as an MP in 1966, for Croydon South (now the area roughly covered by Croydon Central constituency), defeating incumbent Richard Thompson. He lost his seat to Thompson in 1970. After completing a diploma in social administration at the London School of Economics, he stood again in Croydon in October 1974 and was returned for Walsall North in 1979.
Winnick is generally regarded as on the left of the Labour Party and has a strong commitment to human rights. That commitment, however, also made him a strong voice in the House of Commons against both the Taliban and Saddam Hussein and he supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
In January 2009, he urged the communities minister to deplore the fact that Richard Williamson, a British born bishop and Holocaust denier, had been brought back into the fold by the Vatican.
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