Comments on: Terror Bill

By: Chuck Unsworth

Chuck Unsworth — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:51:27 +0000

Why should the Police be allowed to put up a ‘case’ anyway? There’s no evidence that a lack of a 90 day detention period has in any way hampered their investigations. If there is then let’s hear it and give examples.

If they can’t get the evidence together within 14 days - bearing in mind the huge resources (i.e. taxpayers’ money) poured into their ‘operations’ they ought to be sacked as incompetent anyway.

There are plenty of police powers and laws already. What is lacking is the will to apply them.

This will just turn into the usual wrangles and blame casting to hide their continuing professional failures, idleness and self-interest. They should put up or shut up.

By: John Lettice

John Lettice — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:26:37 +0000

If you track back here, I think you’ll find the PMOS claiming at some point that 90 days was already a "compromise". A fair bit of rowing back to be done from there, IMO.

By: Roger Huffadine

Roger Huffadine — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:23:43 +0000

Now if I were to take these comments by the PMOS as the ‘official line’ I would conclude that - Its 90 days or nothing.

This would mean that anything that the government now passes which is less than 90 days is of no use to the police and therefore of no use to the Country.

I wonder if we are going to see the introduction of more useless legislation in the form of a compromise. If we do it will form a documented case of the government passing legislation for the sake of saving ‘face’ rather than for the good of the country.

The compelling case that Andy Hayman seeks is called the ’status quo’ and works very well.