Left Foot In It  

It's a pity to see Will Straw's well-conceived and intentioned "Left Foot Forward" reverting to that age old tactic of the Left: accuse an opponent of saying something they didn't say, then lynch them for it.  For an evidence-based blog, I have to say that this is a misleading version of events, to say the least. I won't bother fisking the article in full - it would be to unravel a useless knot.  But for the sake of a clear record of events: - The headline is ridiculous.  I welcomed the contribution of several NGO and pressure group players in this reform debate.  So for "people", read the "Law Society", which I was attacking directly on their outlandish claims about domestic violence. - I did not mention Sound Off For Justice once in my comments.  I was critical of the Law Society in particular, as I have been in the past.  So to try to claim that any criticism...