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John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946), most commonly known as Jack Straw, is a senior British Labour Party politician. On 28 June 2007 he was appointed to the offices of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

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British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw arrives at his office in London, Monday, March 8, 2010. Straw said the government may reveal more about why convicted child murderer Jon Venables was taken back into custody nine years after he was released on parole. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson were only 10 when they lured toddler James Bulger away from a shopping center in Liverpool in 1993 and beat him to death by an isolated railway line.

British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw arrives at his office in London, Monday, March 8, 2010. Straw said the government may reveal more about why convicted child murderer Jon Venables was taken back into custody nine years after he was released on parole. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson were only 10 when they lured toddler James Bulger away from a shopping center in Liverpool in 1993 and beat him to death by an isolated railway line.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 9, 2010 in London, England. A poll released today suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have almost equal support in the key marginal seats to be fought in the General Election.

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British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw arrives at his office in London, Monday, March 8, 2010. Straw said the government may reveal more about why convicted child murderer Jon Venables was taken back into custody nine years after he was released on parole. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson were only 10 when they lured toddler James Bulger away from a shopping center in Liverpool in 1993 and beat him to death by an isolated railway line.

British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw arrives at his office in London, Monday, March 8, 2010. Straw said the government may reveal more about why convicted child murderer Jon Venables was taken back into custody nine years after he was released on parole. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson were only 10 when they lured toddler James Bulger away from a shopping center in Liverpool in 1993 and beat him to death by an isolated railway line.

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