Gone?

Gordon Brown has been warned not to force through plans to allow terror suspects to be held for up to 42 days before charge, the BBC understands.

The plan scraped through the Commons and is due before the Lords next week, where it is expected to be defeated.

BBC political editor Nick Robinson says the PM has been warned by ministers it would be “politically suicidal” to push it through by using the Parliament Act.

Will Gordon dare slide another brick from his Jenga tower of a premiership? The bastard in me says it’s time for a pro-42 days campaign.

About turn: The BBC webmonkeys, in their infinite wisdom and without a record of edits, have changed the story with the older version disappearing as if it had never existed. 42 days is very much still ‘on’ apparently.