Well, there's none so blind, as they say.

I guess if you lot can't see slow erosion of your rights, under the guise of keeping you safe from the bogeyman, then you deserve whatever you get, for allowing it to happen.

You have a greater chance of being struck by lightning, attacked by a mad dog and run over by a steamroller, all in the same day, than of being harmed by terrorist actions.

The 42 day holding without charge will not alter that possibility by any measurable quantity, and it will not cause, or lead to, the conviction of a single terrorist who would otherwise have gone free.

It WILL give the authorities another step toward the total control of your lives which is truly what they crave. We are heading toward an Orwellian nightmare system, and it has been brought about by exactly the method propounded by Goebbels. "Give the people someone to fear, or hate, and they will fall over themselves to give up their rights and freedoms."

It is a matter of months since people on this forum were screaming blue murder about the idea of having to carry identity cards. I believe, if Brown re-introduces the idea (and he says he intends to do that) it will almost pass unnoticed.

DonT.