Andrew Irvine
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Eric Joyce Controversy
Major Eric Joyce criticised the Army in a Fabian Society pamphlet. Conservative MP Keith Simpson argued that it appeared as if Major Joyce who later became a Labour MP was given political "top cover". During the controversy Lord Chancellor Andrew Irvine had written to the Secretary of State for Defence advising him not to take action against Major Joyce because of the fear that, if the officer took his case to the European Court of Human Rights, any ruling would come up in the run-up to the next election, which "would not be good timing".[1].
- ↑ Keith Simpson, Hansard References, UK Parliament, 9-December-1998, Accessed 14-August-2009
