90 days was always a political figure rather than objectively based. The police's job is easiest if they can operate without any restraint: 90 days was merely the longest figure they thought they could get through, and may even have been a bargaining position.
So far only 11 people have been held for the full 13/14 days: all were charged, none released. Nothing in the police case argued the relative merits of 30/60/90/120/360 days; it just made a moderate case for something longer than 14. Blair needs to understand that there is a bit more to making a compelling case than repeating "It's a compelling case"

nick