I’ve browsed through the most recommended comments at the Beeb. Several pages of comments without one recommended comment (so far) being critical of Davis. (If you haven’t seen his speech yet, it’s really worth a look).
This comment summed it up, quoting one of the rare (less popular) anti-DD posts:
What is the point of posting [...]
This is a phenomenal speech, which sums up just how this government has been eating away at our historic libertarian legal system.
The speech has been placed on youtube.
There are only two ways this could be more spectacular.
If it were Cameron
If it were someone in a marginal seat.
Yes, this is a stunt, but it’s a fine [...]
David Davis has resigned from the commons to force a by-election in which he’ll stand. He will fight the campaign based on his opposition to the 42 days detention without charge and the slow erosion of civil liberties seen under this government.
BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson said it was an extraordinary move which was almost [...]
The BBC has a list of the Labour MPs who rebelled in the recent vote to allow people to be locked up without the evidence to charge them for 42 days.
Diane Abbott
Richard Burden
Katy Clark
Harry Cohen
Frank Cook
Jeremy Corbyn
Jim Cousins
Andrew Dismore
Frank Dobson
David Drew
Paul Farrelly
Mark Fisher
Paul Flynn
Neil Gerrard
Ian Gibson
Roger Godsiff
John Grogan
Dai Havard
Kate Hoey
Kelvin Hopkins
Glenda Jackson
Lynne Jones
Peter Kilfoyle
Andrew MacKinlay
Bob [...]
So, Brown gets his way to lock people up for six weeks without the evidence to charge them.
Still, it’s one way to get the kids out of the way for the summer holiday…
The arguments used are pitiful, ‘the police tell us they need the extra time, so…’. The police, with the best will in [...]
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