I think they have used scare tactics to make their case for 42 days, and based on their argument I would disagree, but they can not come up with an example for when a 42 day period would have been advantageuse. They are talking about having the house of Parliament being able to grant 24 days in excetpional cases. You could also change the law which say that once you have charged someone you cannot question them any more, at the moment once you have been charged the police cannot question you no more, which is why police cases must be watertight before they will charge you. so if they change that law it would do the same as 42 days practically and it would be less controversial.
PS. Why is an American so interested in Labour policy?
PPS. Are you looking forward to the first black US president?
good points, eggs.
Old grand Britannia sure looks like a police state these days.....what with all them cameras filming you all day long....and the cops shooting folks they don't like in the tube....and bin police.
Has Labour always been an authoritarian fascist party, or is this just something new that Blair introduced?
Aye, Obama finally got the Dems nomination. I thought someone was gonna have to throw garlic and put a steak though Hillary's heart to put her out of her misery. Shucks, I dunno - ain't warmed to Obama much myself....maybe best of a bad washington dc democrat bunch.
Then again, ANYTHING will be better than dubya or mccain.