growing up the police were allowed to hold a supsect without charge for 48 hours.
Now its heading towards 42 days
There are no rational or strategic arguments in favour of it, just fear and loathing.
its all bullshit.
Goring said it all 60 years ago:
Quote:
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
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And its the same with anything. Just tell the people that they are under threat, and it seems you can take almost anything. Brown should be declared a traitor for forcing this through, I doubt that any of them care, but this is personally for me, the final straw and the final breach with the Labour Party. This isnt just the actions of a rougue leader, this is the final abandoment by the party of its roots in supporting this criminal extension of the police state.