About bloody time: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said that plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from the Counter-Terrorism Bill. This is of course great news. But the truth is Parliament should never had capitulated over 28 days in the first place. And it shouldn’t have moved up to 14… Continue reading The campaign for scrapping 28 days detention without charge starts today
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David Davis – the view from Strasbourg (well, Kehl actually)
What funny games appear to be going on in Westminster at the moment. First, Labour and the DUP redefine porkbarreling for the UK context (deny everything, smirk, smirk), then David Davis resigns – with Clegg’s backing. In terms of the latter, I’m just confused by the whole business. It is a little moot about whether… Continue reading David Davis – the view from Strasbourg (well, Kehl actually)
42, Northern Ireland and Cameron’s non-leadership
Is it me or is there a link between the government’s (possibly premature, possibly not) triumphalism about winning round the Labour rebels over the Terrorism Bill and the latest political crisis in Northern Ireland? For weeks now, it has been well known that the Brown government has been courting the DUP with a view to… Continue reading 42, Northern Ireland and Cameron’s non-leadership