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UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-terrorists-have-won dept.

the_leander writes "Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days. There is talk of compensation packages available for the falsely accused. The chances of you getting that money however are slim to none, lets not forget, this is the same country that charges prisoners who have been falsely accused for bed and boarding costs."

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  1. Re:Jumping the gun a bit.... by benjj · · Score: 0, Troll

    So "the system" that you espouse is (first two cases) "have a dictator and try and kill them if you don't like them" or "have an unelected monarch who is a militaristic nutter pissing around in America largely out of spite and who then descends into mental illness but you can't get rid of him because he claims to be appointed by a god"?

    Well, I guess the system does work. I like the first one - can we get that written into a British consitiution?

  2. Is there any reason to live in the UK anymore? by Zorque · · Score: 0, Troll

    CCTV on every corner, groups of street toughs viciously beating and killing random passersby, the incredibly fractured English running rampant on the internet (I'm starting to think American English is the more proper form), football riots, George Michael, and now this. Why haven't we been nuked into the ground yet?

  3. Re:Hey! by c6gunner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, I'm quite familiar with the rather ridiculous John Hopkins "study". Thanks for reiterating my point.