Wednesday, November 09, 2005

121.66 days

The main argument in favour of the government's plan for a 90 day detention period is that it is accepting the best advice of the Police. This does not seem to be the case:

Sir Ian [Blair, the head of the Met] said 90 days was not a "magic" figure and four months might be better.


I saw Prime Minister's Questions today. The PM was saying that each MP had to decide how to vote, which is strange as I thought that would mean it was a free vote. But I don't think it is.