Bernadette, the only argument used is that those extra days might save lives, therefore than can be extended to any number of days. Can you HONESTLY tell me you have thought about this from an innocent persons point of view? Emotive language is being used to win the argument, but when you stand back and look there is no evidence to back the emotive language up.
David Davis is one of the most educated people on the subject and he says this, honestly, think about it.
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I have no sympathy for terrorists whatsoever, but I want the House to imagine for a moment what if feels like if you are innocent under this regime.
You are taken from your bed in the early hours of the morning.
You are locked in a cell for 6 weeks - 1000 hours - and you do not know why - not what you are accused of, not what the suspicions are, not what the evidence is.
You do not know what is happening to your job.
You do not know what is happening to your reputation.
You do not know what is happening to your wife and the neighbours.
You do not know what is happening to your children, facing sometimes the harsh cruelty of other children.
You do not know this for six weeks - 1000 hours.
So what we have is the worst of all worlds.
A symbolic assault on liberty which is unnecessary.
A change in the law which is counter-productive.
And a procedure which is unworkable.
Isn't the only way to describe what the government is proposing today is that it is ineffective authoritarianism?"
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