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Today's news suggest that an individual will soon be able to be detained for 42 days without charges or reference to a court on the say so of..
The Home Secretary - a politician;
The Attorney General - a cabinet member and top legal boffin appointed by the Prime Minister - a politician, and a;
Chief Constable - appointed by a local police authority subject to the approval of the
Home Secretary - a politician.
Why?
What is wrong with two concurrent periods of 28 days under the present system?
Why can nobody offer a straight forward reason, or even hypothetical scenario, to make a case for such detentions at the behest a senior law enforcer, the countries most senior lawyer and a cabinet level politician - who, by the way, are all public servants?
The PM programme cannot find an answer that one, can you?
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Hello Enid and team,
Today's news suggest that an individual will soon be able to be detained for 42 days without charges or reference to a court on the say so of..
The Home Secretary - a politician;
The Attorney General - a cabinet member and top legal boffin appointed by the Prime Minister - a politician, and a;
Chief Constable - appointed by a local police authority subject to the approval of the
Home Secretary - a politician.
Why?
What is wrong with two concurrent periods of 28 days under the present system?
Why can nobody offer a straight forward reason, or even hypothetical scenario, to make a case for such detentions at the behest a senior law enforcer, the countries most senior lawyer and a cabinet level politician - who, by the way, are all public servants?
The PM programme cannot find an answer that one, can you?
Just a thought
:)