! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.
Yesterday I posted an email I sent to my MP giving just a few reasons why the state doesn’t need to extend the amount of time someone can be held without charge from 28 days.
Today there is a perfect example of why it is unnecessary.
The canoeist, John Darwin, who was reported missing 5 years ago walked into a police station in Hartlepool last week. He has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Today the police were granted a further 36 hours to question him without charge.
If a terrorist suspect can’t be charged after 28 days but the police believe he or she is a risk then they can apply to a court for more time to question their suspect, just like they have with John Darwin.
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