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Even right-of-centre commentators took issue with the ban last night, with Alex Massie publishing a blog on The Spectator website accusing Mr Grayling of "playing Scrooge".
The announcement by Grayling of further investigations is a blow to both companies, which hoped to draw a line under the tagging scandal.
The shadow justice secretary, Sadiq Khan, accused Grayling of "burying his head in the sand about the crisis in our prisons".
Grayling, of course, is the justice secretary who has overseen the introduction of new rules which effectively put in place a blanket ban on families sending small items to prisoners.
We could all supply a list like Grayling of rituals we participate in and value which are nothing to do with religion – as one of the responses to Ophelia Benson said, the pub would feature quite prominently on many lists.
Grayling, of course, did not come to Brussels for the justice ministers' meeting, leaving the UK's interests in the hands of a diplomat whose contribution was limited to pleasantries and lasted, I'm told, for less than a minute.
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Science is undoubtedly humanity's greatest achievement, says AC Grayling, Master of the New College of the Humanities.
Grayling spoke of a "revolving door" of custody and destroyed probation for not reducing reoffending in a group that they were not tasked to work with.
But the Brexit crew are themselves the very heart of the British establishment, from Gove, the lord chancellor, to Grayling, leader of the house; from Dulwich College stockbroker Nigel to Eton Boris – hardly anti-politics revolutionaries.
Grayling said: "Of course it is upsetting.
Grayling Master New College of the Humanities LondonSIR – As a rent-seeking and tenured academic I certainly have a dog in this fight.
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