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2005-11-07 Britain

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Posted by lotp 2005-11-07 07:54|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Certainly not "Their Finest Hour."

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-07 08:31|| 2005-11-07 08:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Indeed not. The Russell Square bomb could easily have killed 500 Londoners. It's a miracle that it didn't. Sadly, only when they kill Londoners by the thousand that anyone will pay attention to tackling this problem seriously. Shame on you Mr Clarke - you clearly don't take the tube to work.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-11-07 09:13|| 2005-11-07 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Unbelievable!

Aren't these people paid to provide for the security and well being of all the citizens?

Even 90 days is woefully insignificant in some cases. I don't want to see one brit harmed due to the incompetence of the Commons.

Question: How long did it take to unravel 7/7? It is still being unravelled.

Posted by Captain America 2005-11-07 11:35|| 2005-11-07 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Commentator note: I refrained from using profanity in the above post due to the sensitivity of some readers.

Posted by Captain America 2005-11-07 11:39|| 2005-11-07 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Captain America, I hope that those sensitive souls you refer to aren't me. My vocabulary has expanded sooooo much since I started reading Rantburg!

Mr Clarke said that he would table a proposal to amend the deadline in the Terrorism Bill.

He said, however, that he would not reduce the proposed time suspects can be held without charge to the 28-day limit sought by the Opposition and some Labour backbenchers

Mr. Clarke is neatly negotiating something that will likely end up closer to 90 days than the current limit. (Was it 3 days or a fortnight? I can't remember now.) And the longer France burns, the more likely he is to get a big number in the end.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-07 12:30|| 2005-11-07 12:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Preview is my friend. ;-) The italicized bit should be

Mr Clarke said that he would table a proposal to amend the deadline in the Terrorism Bill...He said, however, that he would not reduce the proposed time suspects can be held without charge to the 28-day limit sought by the Opposition and some Labour backbenchers

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-07 12:32|| 2005-11-07 12:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Sad country i live in today :( fckin lame

Posted by Shep UK 2005-11-07 13:32|| 2005-11-07 13:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Captain musta been hanging out at Bill Reggio's pretty fine site. except for certain fucking sensitivities he has about comments.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-07 16:27|| 2005-11-07 16:27|| Front Page Top

#9 I've been told by an unnamed source that some readers have virgin eyes, and therefore must not be exposed to profane language.

Posted by Captain America 2005-11-07 18:15|| 2005-11-07 18:15|| Front Page Top

#10 I guess the news has made it across the English Channel yet.

Posted by DMFD 2005-11-07 18:43|| 2005-11-07 18:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Sam Clemens said "It's perfectly all right to curse around women, the ones who never heard the words, aren't offended because they don't know what they mean, and the women who know the words have heard the words before and shouldn't be offended because the words are not new"

(Sorta)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-11-07 21:47|| 2005-11-07 21:47|| Front Page Top

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