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October 13, 2008'42 days' is dead
There's no coming back from this.
42 days has been chucked out by the Lords for being, in the words of Baroness Mallalieu; "dangerous, wrong and completely and wholly unnecessary in practice"
Brown doesn't have the time or support required to push back, so it's over.
Almost...
There may still be an entertaining hissy-fit from Rebekah Wade and she may even drag the Page 3 girl into it.
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UPDATE - BBC - Ministers drop 42-day detention: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said that plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from the Counter-Terrorism Bill. It follows a heavy defeat for the government in the House of Lords, which threw out the plan by 309 votes to 118. Ms Smith said instead the measure would be in a separate piece of legislation to be brought to Parliament if needed.
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UPDATE - Dave Cross reports on the predicted (if somewhat muted) hissy fit.
Posted by Manic on October 13, 2008 8:53 PM in the category The War on Stupid
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Does this leave the position of Lord Carlile as the 'independent' monitor of terrorism legislation a bit, um, untenable? I mean, it's not like anyone except the mainstream media listen to him or anything, but it would be nice to strip away the pretence here.
Posted by: Tom at October 13, 2008 11:02 PM
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