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Originally Posted by Osem
I'm not sure about this. I wonder how many people have been held for 28 days without charge since the law was last changed.
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Originally Posted by Matt D
It's only a very small handful AFAIK.
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Its actually none. No suspected terrorist has ever been released since the law was changed because the police ran out of time to gather evidence. The closest we have come is that 2 individuals came within 2 days of being released whilst awaiting foreign agencies to procure the required evidence. So the longest anyone has been held without charge is 26 days.
Slow cooperation from foreign entities is (an admittedly) good reason for increasing the detention time limit. However I think a better solution overall would be to improve international ties in respect to suspected criminals and justice, decreasing the wait for evidence rather than keep pushing the detention limit further and further up.
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Apparently Rupert Murdoch has offered to put Kelvin McKenzie up as a candidate against David Davis. Madness, he doesn't stand a chance.