Friday, March 11, 2005
Blairfacedspin
Blairfaced spin!
Tony Blah, in his haste to get the Prevention of Terrorism Bill through Parliament announced in the Commons that it was necessary to pass this legislation without watering it down on "the strongest advice of the Security Services and the police". Another example of the arrogant spin imparted by the Prime Minister.
According to Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, no such advice has been offered to no. 10. Is it right that the Prime Minister should mislead the Commons in this manner? This is the same man who took us into a war in Iraq based upon a spurious Security Service document which claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that could be deployed within 45 minutes notice - remember that?
800 years, or more, of the right to habeous corpus is at stake here, a British Citizen's right to know the charges or allegations made against him, a right to know the case (the body of evidence) that his prosecutors wish to use against him. We cannot allow the current situation where people have been locked away for three years without charge to continue. European Laws preclude such action.
This is a poor Bill, which is over draconian in it's intent, and the Government ought not to be steamrollering it through Parliament in such a dashing hurry.
As I post it has become apparent that the Prime Minister has authorised a huge concession on behalf of the Government by agreeing to allow a "sunset clause" in all but name, by proposing to revisit and/or revise the legislation in 12 months time.
The present batch of terror suspects held at Bellmarsh Prison have been released today on bail with strict conditions. Amongst the eight is Abu Quattada (known to Sun readers as "hook".)
Story in the Los Angeles Times - click here
Article in the Daily Telegraph - click here
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Tony Blah, in his haste to get the Prevention of Terrorism Bill through Parliament announced in the Commons that it was necessary to pass this legislation without watering it down on "the strongest advice of the Security Services and the police". Another example of the arrogant spin imparted by the Prime Minister.
According to Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, no such advice has been offered to no. 10. Is it right that the Prime Minister should mislead the Commons in this manner? This is the same man who took us into a war in Iraq based upon a spurious Security Service document which claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that could be deployed within 45 minutes notice - remember that?
800 years, or more, of the right to habeous corpus is at stake here, a British Citizen's right to know the charges or allegations made against him, a right to know the case (the body of evidence) that his prosecutors wish to use against him. We cannot allow the current situation where people have been locked away for three years without charge to continue. European Laws preclude such action.
This is a poor Bill, which is over draconian in it's intent, and the Government ought not to be steamrollering it through Parliament in such a dashing hurry.
As I post it has become apparent that the Prime Minister has authorised a huge concession on behalf of the Government by agreeing to allow a "sunset clause" in all but name, by proposing to revisit and/or revise the legislation in 12 months time.
The present batch of terror suspects held at Bellmarsh Prison have been released today on bail with strict conditions. Amongst the eight is Abu Quattada (known to Sun readers as "hook".)
Story in the Los Angeles Times - click here
Article in the Daily Telegraph - click here
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