Peter Hoskin

Political insiders think 42-day detention will scrape through

According to their latest poll, some 66 percent of Politics Home’s group of insiders think that the Government’s 42-day detention proposal will get through Parliament today.  All things considered, a two-thirds chance of Government success sounds about right.

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