During the IRA campaigns, an Irish friend of mine was arrested at Heathrow and then detained…I think for about two weeks. The reason? He had the same name as a suspect the police were looking for. Of course he was never charged, but the impact on his family and friends and indeed, his terrified self, was monumental at the time.
The need for 42 days is as erroneous as the need for the Iraq war. We are close to becoming a country with so few civil liberties that it’s not only frigtening but shameful.
Quite frankly, Labour winning that vote makes my blood boil.