[andrewb]

It's not talking down to people at all. It's not propaganda at all. It is simply making people aware of the facts. A lot of people I spoke to had no idea that innocent people were being locked up for long periods, and had no idea that an increase from 28 - 42 days was a number plucked out of the air.

I don't know how you can possibly justify locking innocent people up for 28 days, which at least has been required by the police, where as 42 days is just not necessary. Worst of both worlds, have innocent people locked up for longer and won't be needed to make us safer. Are you going to say its fine to lock people up for 100 days, 1000 days, and it doesn't matter if innocents are there, as long as some terrorists are caught?

Of the two guilty people detained to 28 days, evidence was obtained on the 4th and 12th days, no more evidence was unveiled. They were bailed, which shows they were no serious threat.

What is patronising is to constantly suggest that I'm wrong because I'm still in education and therefore know nothing.

Now when you highlight these arguments, which the government has tried to avoid, people tend to take a different view, as the polls show. If you're just asking them point blank without giving them the argument, you'll get the same result of the original polls that the government used as an argument, overwhelming number of the public in support.

I don't think its patronising to inform people of the facts and arguments. It's not exactly something you should just know is it!