No one needs to explain to Jacqui Smith why it is wrong to give the police extended detention powers because she already knows the arguments. Many years ago when we were both activists in the Labour party's student wing, she was in the office of Sally Morgan, the party's student officer, when the police told her they were holding me under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. She knows what happened to me and she must know that she will be inflicting this on other innocent people.
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Conor Foley: Jacqui Smith should review her conscience | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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powerful stuff
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Liberal Conspiracy » Never mind about Parliament, Hazel: what about actually ... - 0 views
The great 'big state' debate | Henry Porter | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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"the broader pattern in the powers endowed to the state by Labour. These I listed as the national DNA database, which despite the unanimous ruling of the European court of human rights retained the genetic profiles of the innocent; the plans to access the data of all communications; Police Forward Intelligence Teams building a database of legitimate protesters; the automatic number plate recognition system covering all major road and tracking "tagged" vehicles; the eBorders scheme that will collect and store information from all journeys across UK borders; the children's databases that prohibit access by parents; the Criminal Records Bureau checks of teenagers helping out at school; and the ID card scheme that will record all the major transaction of a person's life."
Andreas Whittam Smith: The Commons has lost all power - Andreas Whittam Smith, Commenta... - 0 views
Poll suggests majority want justice powers devolved to Stormont - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - 0 views
Commons backs the devolution of policing powers for Northern Ireland - Belfasttelegraph... - 0 views
BBC - Newsnight: Paul Mason - 0 views
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All the power has been centred on finance and the financial model and, funnily enough, we have just hocked our entire economy to save that broken system. From the coasteering teams in Wales to the boxing clubs of the potteries I sense a deep frustration with this absence of voice and power that traditional politics just does not capture.
UK courts should favour English common law over Europe's legal powers, says top judge |... - 0 views
Scotland 'must protect sea power' - Herald Scotland - 0 views
LibDems pledge to hand more powers to Scotland - Herald Scotland - 0 views
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