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Anthony Barnett (London, OK): For the second time running the Lord Chancellor has called me "Anthony" in public. Third time lucky and he will agree with me? Or will it be time to emigrate? Perhaps the first time didn't count as "Charlie" Falconer is a facile barrister and it was at a Prospect round table where I'm not sure he knew me from Adam (it's closed to subscribers but I get a peak in at the top followed by Geoffrey Howe.) This time it was at an interesting launch on Monday of a weighty new report by Justice called A British Bill of Rights - Informing the Debate. You can get a pdf here. It was held at the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger chaired, the Lord Chancellor (aka Jack Straw spoke), and Roger Smith of Justice responded. I've been waiting for them to put the speeches up on the web (I'll link when this happens).