The 42 day terrorist detention bill: The rant

The house of commons has just passed a bill which would increase the amount of time terrorist detainees can be held for from 29 days to 42. The bill, that only passed by 9 votes, has been called "intrusive" by many, and David Davis, the now former shadow home-secretary, has left the house of commons over this "Slow strangulation of fundamental British freedoms".

Now, naturally, I'm sure Gordon Brown is pleased that the bill got through commons; He's put basically all of his credibility on the line for this law, and to see is cock-up now would have been a blow to his authority. Even parts of his own party voted against him to try and see off this law. Someone resigned over this law! This law is not necessary, and certainly not ethical. As the home secretary says, it is, in it's credit, only reserved for the worst cases. But in my humble opinion, if you don't have any evidence after 29 days to apprehend a terrorist suspect properly, then it's probibly a red herring anyway. Gordon Brown is just asking to loose the next election, and all I hope is that his conviction will be strong enough to lead us till that point, for if he leaves the party now, all hell will break loose as Labour tears itself to bits to find a new leader, and the conservatives, dented as they are from David Davis' resignation, will throw a house-party.

And so now we wait, as the toughest anti-terrorism law in the western world hits the house of lords. Now the house that flies in the face of democracy must now use it's ascribed power to save the very democracy it's exempt from, and also Englands proud tradition of liberty. And if that fails...

God save the Queen, and may she make the right choice when the time comes to write on the vellum.