10/11/2005

Traitors and treason

entry posted by Inquisitor at 22:48 (permalink).
categories: Blogging , Politics , Scumbags

The Sun today is somewhat out of step with the other newspapers: calling everyone who's against 90-day detention a 'traitor' is a bit much, really. I thought that kind of inflammatory bollocks was going to be too low for them - I was expecting it from the Express and St*r, though - but you never fail to be surprised.

[NOTE: Bloggerheads explains link. Nudge nudge, wink wink.]

I was watching the debate, and one of the Tories (having finally found their spine) catcalled Police State at Blair; his response, "We're not living in a police state!", didn't exactly ring true, because if the bill had passed we damn well would be. Even in the modified version it's a bit much. Personally, I don't think anyone who supports a fair justice system with as few opportunities for the police to get trumped-up charges as possible is a traitor (not that our wonderful police forces would ever ever beat a confession out of someone, of course, especially not one of those Arab types), but that's just my opinion.

Oh, and that of quite a lot of MPs of course. Ian Paisley actually voting against internment is hysterically funny, for some reason. All the Lib Dems managed to get their policies in order. And at least George Galloway managed to vote this time, which says... something.

Good comment at Davblog: really rings true somehow... And as for treason: that stunt Blair and Clarke pulled, withdrawing the bill and saying they're going to "make concessions" and then bringing it back intact a week later and saying "no, f you, three line whip" really does count as betraying Labour MPs, doesn't it? It almost certainly contributed to it being as big a loss as it was. Good lesson to Blair: don't screw your own party over, or you'll live to regret it.

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