Jailhouselawyer (top blog, by the way) points out that 42 day detention will breach the human rights act. In light of this opinion (this committee is deep-reaching and generally excellent... better than many lawyers, in fact), I must declare opposition to this measure despite the concessions.
At some point, one has to decide whether they support the liberal New Labour who brought you the Human Rights Act, or the authoritarian one which has repeatedly violated it. I stand for the former.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
42 Days will break government's own law
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I also stand for the former.
I see those arguments, with which I agree, have been lost on Jon Trickett - according to today's Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/10/terrorism.humanrights
"Ministers were encouraged by the news that one regular rebel, Jon Trickett, the Labour MP for Hemsworth, had decided to back the government. Some leading Labour peers opposed to the measure now think the government will win in the Commons, leaving Labour peers at the forefront of a battle this summer."
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