Dominic Grieve Quotes
For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and to seek to change them.
Grieve, Dominic. "A People's Vote is the only way to resolve the Brexit crisis." The Guardian, 2018.
Comment on the Election of President Putin.
Kishi was an ultra conservative who was one of the politicians who signed the Declaration of War against the U. S. and then served in the Japanese War Cabinet and was the Minister of Commerce and Industry. In the latter post he presided over and made policies about the utilization of slave labor and brutal and illegal treatment of prisoners of war. After Japan’s surrender he was jailed as a “Class A” war crimes suspect along with several other cabinet ministers. In 1948, General MacArthur decided not to prosecute the Cabinet Ministers as he had decided not to prosecute the Emperor Hirohito. His brother was the secretary to the prime minister’s cabinet who had arranged a job for him. However, all the people in government were now building a democratic government. Being a right wing pro military, pro empire politician was no longer feasible and he discovered all his ex-colleagues who hated democracy before were now extolling its virtues. He went with the flow, and reorganized his political constituency, and gained control of the Diet, but now they were all democrats. Then he became prime minister. He was an ardent anti-communist and the Cold War was raging so his previous right wing dictatorial, pro war positions and his war crimes were overlooked by MacArthur and the allies.
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve QC PC is a British barrister and former politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield from 1997 to 2019 and was the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee from 2015 to 2019.
