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4 June 2008

The Flimsiness of the 42 Days Argument Exposed

Simon Jenkins gets it right

By Martin Bright

The Simon Jenkins column in the Guardian today nails the argument against 42 days.

These, for me, are the killer sentences: “The police have enough emergency power already. As for panic, that has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with the position of the prime minister.”

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