Number of people arrested under UK anti-terror laws, 2001-2007: 1166
Of those, number of people actually charged: 221
That's less than a 20% accuracy rate, ie. if you're arrested under UK terror laws, you are probably innocent (source). We're not talking here about people who were charged and then most of them got off in court (like the rape statistics), we're talking about people for whom the police couldn't even find enough evidence to convince the CPS to take them to court at all. If there were grades of "innocent", these people would be the purest of the pure white.
That said, Davis is a egotistical idiot. What kind of moron quits a front-bench role to express just how much he agrees with his own party? If there's another vote called now, Labour will be one vote up! With a margin in single figures, Davis' resignation might actually hand victory to Labour next time round.
This is all about trying to upstage Cameron, mark my words. Davis is still very sore about losing the leadership race (and not just once, but twice).
Why not just thrown them in the river. If they float they're a terrorist so you burn them. If they drown they're innocent so you print an apology and give them a nice funeral.
If Labour does not put forward a candidate then the real opposition (the media) will stand itself. If it wasn't about Ego before it is now.
The many headed hydra called the media is in permanent opposition to itself and the current govt, Labour is scared of being blamed for anything and this occasionally prevents it from providing real leadership on this and other matters.
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Date: 2008-06-13 08:02 pm (UTC)Of those, number of people actually charged: 221
That's less than a 20% accuracy rate, ie. if you're arrested under UK terror laws, you are probably innocent (source). We're not talking here about people who were charged and then most of them got off in court (like the rape statistics), we're talking about people for whom the police couldn't even find enough evidence to convince the CPS to take them to court at all. If there were grades of "innocent", these people would be the purest of the pure white.
That said, Davis is a egotistical idiot. What kind of moron quits a front-bench role to express just how much he agrees with his own party? If there's another vote called now, Labour will be one vote up! With a margin in single figures, Davis' resignation might actually hand victory to Labour next time round.
This is all about trying to upstage Cameron, mark my words. Davis is still very sore about losing the leadership race (and not just once, but twice).
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Date: 2008-06-13 08:37 pm (UTC)Terrorists are made from wood.
Its well known.
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Date: 2008-06-14 04:47 am (UTC)If Labour does not put forward a candidate then the real opposition (the media) will stand itself. If it wasn't about Ego before it is now.
The many headed hydra called the media is in permanent opposition to itself and the current govt, Labour is scared of being blamed for anything and this occasionally prevents it from providing real leadership on this and other matters.
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Date: 2008-06-14 04:58 pm (UTC)