Friday November 11, 2005

The UK is at it, again. Blair wants to hold terror suspects, 90 days.

According to a recent news story from the BBC, UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is urging MPs to back his plan to hold terror suspects up to 90 days without pressing charges.

Yep, it seems England just loves to strip those rights away. (Oh, wait, did I just trash another country without trashing mine?? Don’t worry… I’ll get around to laying it onto us, soon.)? In response to this action by Blair, conservative leader Michael Howard has challenged Blair to provide an example - any example - of a case where it might have taken 90 days to get the evidence to charge a suspect.

Oh, I love this line…

Mr. Howard also warned the detention plans could alienate ethnic minority communities.

Yep.. don’t want another France.

Essentially, Blair wants to extend the time Britain can hold terror suspects without charges from 14 days (two weeks) to 90 days (three months).? Blair, you can already hold them for two weeks, WITHOUT PROOF… Merely on the SUSPICION that they are terror suspects.? You don’t have to prove a damned thing.? You can simply walk out, grab someone by the scruff of the neck, say “I think he’s a terror suspect,” and throw them in the block for two weeks.? Maybe you’re trying to model your country after ours?? I mean, we all know you’re Bush’s little lapdog, but c’mon..? We already extended that 14 day thing to a full month.? There’s really no need to go to three months.? You don’t have to kiss Bush’s ass every step of the way.? I mean, I’d think it would be rather covered by lip prints, by now.? Besides, how do you find a place to plant it, amongst all those other people crowding in to do the same?

I love this little paragraph:

“We are not living in a police state but we are living in a country that faces a real and serious threat of terrorism.”

…let’s look at that, again…

“We are not living in a police state…”

…yet.

——— UPDATE ———–
Of course this measure didn’t pass. heh. I wrote this article several days after the fact. Blair got his arse handed to him on the measure. The wonderful folks in the House of Commons decided that 90 days was just too long. They opted, instead, to extend the holding period from 14 to 28 days.

…hmm, 28 days… where have I heard THAT figure before?
Oh, right. LAPDOG, ANYONE?!

You know, if Blair didn’t come back any say something like “well, okay, if not 90, how about 28,” then I’d wager he’s had someone do it for him. Jesus, Blair… why don’t you move from one side to the other and suck instead of smooch, for a change?

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