Political insiders think 42-day detention will scrape through

C Powell

I suspect you're right but it will still be shameful that Parliament - supposed to be the guarantor of our liberties, built up over centuries - will introduce internment (for that is what this proposal amounts to) purely in order to save the face of a discredited and unelected Prime Minister.

David

I suspect they are right too. BTW, can anyone actually tell me where all this started? Was there a report, a plea from the police or anything like that? Or did Gordon Brown just wake up one morning and decide that he wanted it to be 42 days? Maybe he just wants to prove he can get more than 28 days, which is all Blair could manage. I also note that the government are saying people held for more than 28 days will get paid £3000 per day if released without charge. So they'll be really pissed off, and have several thousand pounds to spend on making explosives. Good one.

David C

I was going to post this as an observation to TGF UKIP on his thoughts about Miliband about an hour ago, but I got distracted. Here and now is more appropriate.

"The BBC is playing up the '42 Day' vote. Phone-ins, ministers, ex-police, lots of talk.
If Brown was going to lose, the BBC would downplay the whole thing.
It might be to manage the Lords vote and Wheeler's Referendum court case, but I'm tempted to think that Brown has this one in the bag and that the Beeb is highlighting his risks to make his victory appear greater."
(quoting myself eh? What a ****)

The BBC is still playing its 'sports event', talking to the deputy leader of the DUP, even though the result is virtually guaranteed.

And the media wonders why people are cynical.

Dr Tchok

Could this be an attempt by this wretched administration to crawl back into favour?

If the Telegraph's poll is to be believed, and the vast majorty of the public are in favour of 42 days, Brown will be able to cast himself as the Voice of the People when the Lords throw the bill out, as they surely will (I hope).

Mind you if the Telegraph poll is right, it is incredibly depressing (and no justification for any MP to vote in favour of this bill).

cuffleyburgers

The people who are allegedly in favour of it are the same useful idiots who have elected these fraudsters, liars and con-men three times.

Lobotomised by ineffective state education, incapable of reasoning beyond voting out the inmates of the big brother house - what would Kipling say? Or Churchill?