The winds! the winds!
Ach well - for a moment there I thought we were going to declare war on Iceland. Imagine all those chip mums having to go without their 4 west country pork faggots for 75p, and having to put Bjork into some detention camp.
It amused me in a completely non-amusing sort of way that the UK Govt used anti-terror laws to freeze Icelandic assets. The Althingi is one of the oldest parliaments in the world, at their last election they had an 86% turnout of the electorate, but that wont stop our Gordon branding them all as terrorists. Excellent.
It is this abuse of powers that makes the whole 42 day debate so serious. Yes, perhaps, 42 day detention without being charged could stop a few terrorists. But the power to detain for 42 days could also be mis-used because if the Iceland Govt can be labelled as terrorists so can you and me.
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Now. Thank you.
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Thanks for putting that on your blog, Simon. Nice one! XX Lulu
Indeed. Many worrying things happening out there, one of which is what is done by our Govt in our name. 42 days detention? ID cards? Using anti-terrorism legislation against Iceland? Or by local authorities (cf 16th June). (See Simon, I do read this stuff).
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