“I still need to be fully convinced that we absolutely need more than 28 days and I also need to be convinced what is the best way of doing that.” New Labour Security Minister Lord West before his ’conversation’ with Gordon Brown. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7094819.stm
I agree with Lord West. I am, as I believe the majority of the country is, also unconvinced by the case to increase the time which suspects can be detained for more than 28 days. Nobody has given any justification that time to evidence for terror trials takes more than 28 days. 90 days, without such justification, is just dangerous. Will it endear us to those wrongfully kept for this long. 3 months is an incredibly long time in jail, and until the case is made, it should stay at 28 days. That is, already an incredibly long time.
