Comments on: David Davis stunt threatens return to Thatcherite authoritarianism http://www.stephennewton.com/david-davis-kelvin-mackenzie/ ...stuff I've seen, stuff I've heard and stuff I've read Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephen Newtonhttp://www.stephennewton.com/david-davis-kelvin-mackenzie/comment-page-1/#comment-31411 Stephen Newton Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:08:21 +0000 http://www.stephennewton.com/?p=1351#comment-31411 Yes Dominic, I do believe you've peaked too soon. Yes Dominic, I do believe you’ve peaked too soon.

]]> By: Praguetoryhttp://www.stephennewton.com/david-davis-kelvin-mackenzie/comment-page-1/#comment-31400 Praguetory Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:26:10 +0000 http://www.stephennewton.com/?p=1351#comment-31400 We've just polled 49%. hehe. We’ve just polled 49%. hehe.

]]> By: paulhttp://www.stephennewton.com/david-davis-kelvin-mackenzie/comment-page-1/#comment-30243 paul Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:28:53 +0000 http://www.stephennewton.com/?p=1351#comment-30243 oops.. too many provisions.. oops.. too many provisions..

]]> By: paulhttp://www.stephennewton.com/david-davis-kelvin-mackenzie/comment-page-1/#comment-30241 paul Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:25:21 +0000 http://www.stephennewton.com/?p=1351#comment-30241 It would be fun if someone could stand against both Davis and McKenzie, on the grounds that 42 days is not enough. I mean, what if the police got to 42 days and didn't have the information they needed? Once you've conceded that the police should be free to detain people without trial, the logical conclusion is that they should be able to do so indefinetly. What if they got to 365 days, had to release someone who then went on to (insert nightmare scenario)??!!!I'd love to see McKenzie having to defend himself from being called soft on terror - he'd have to use the same arguments Davis is going to deploy. And our spoof candidate could be explicit as to who these provisions provisions apply to - the british public have nothing to fear, we are only talking about terrorists here - and that includes narco-terrorists, eco-terrorist and motor-terrorists (people who set fire to speed cameras) It would be fun if someone could stand against both Davis and McKenzie, on the grounds that 42 days is not enough. I mean, what if the police got to 42 days and didn’t have the information they needed? Once you’ve conceded that the police should be free to detain people without trial, the logical conclusion is that they should be able to do so indefinetly. What if they got to 365 days, had to release someone who then went on to (insert nightmare scenario)??!!!

I’d love to see McKenzie having to defend himself from being called soft on terror – he’d have to use the same arguments Davis is going to deploy. And our spoof candidate could be explicit as to who these provisions provisions apply to – the british public have nothing to fear, we are only talking about terrorists here – and that includes narco-terrorists, eco-terrorist and motor-terrorists (people who set fire to speed cameras)

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