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Falconer, lord of nonsense.(Column)
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
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June 21, 2004
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2004 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: PETER MCKAY
COMMON sense suggests it would be unwise for a Prime Minister to select as his Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs a man with whom he once shared a flat, a crony without obvious qualifications for the job.
However, that's what happened when Tony Blair picked his lawyer friend Charlie Falconer.
If Lord Falconer of Thoroton (as he became) possesses other qualities which would commend him as a senior government minister to other premiers, these have not come to light.
Neither has Falconer - a former minister for the Millennium Dome - ever felt it necessary to put himself up for election to see if the electorate ...
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