45 Quotes by Dominic Raab

Despite egregious human rights abuses, military dictatorship in Greece, and Russian atrocities in Chechnya, no state has ever been voted out of the Council of Europe.

While we have some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the world, we are blind to some of the most flagrant discrimination - against men.

One reason women are left 'holding the baby' is anti-male discrimination in rights of maternity/paternity leave.

Israel's system of proportional representation rarely produces stable government.

We have seen too many arbitrary Strasbourg diktats based on the whims of European judges - from prisoner voting to blocking deportation of Abu Qatada - rather than a sober reading of the sensible list of core freedoms in the European Convention itself.

Much of the work legal executives do has to be supervised by a solicitor, irrespective of the experience or ability of the individual. In practice, this is a major disincentive to legal executives setting up their own high street practices. Even when they can do the work, they are still tied to solicitors.

Whether we are in or out of the E.U., we must deliver reform at home in order to compete abroad in the 21st century.

For all its pro-democracy rhetoric, the West rolled over to military coups in Egypt and Thailand.

Britain should take pride in a foreign policy that reflects her values and responsibilities - but it must be grounded in the tangible interests of the citizens who pay for it.