In his Commons statement on Monday, Mr Straw also set out controversial measures such as drug testing at arrest and electronic tagging.

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Mr Straw also set out the measures in the Crime and Public Protection Bill to extend the use of drug testing for people under arrest and for offenders on community punishments.

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That is, she set up a straw man.

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Indeed, Mr Straw's position may now be set in stone.

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Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike's Straw Shield is a crime-thriller set in modern day politics while Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi - who won an Oscar for his film A Separation - directs The Artist actress Berenice Bejo in his new film The Past.

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"It could very well have set the barn and its contents of hay and straw on fire as the lantern was still smouldering, " he said.

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