Say no to 42 days
Amnesty is worried that people in the UK may be sleepwalking into an assault on our basic civil liberties. The House of Lords debates 42 days today and is expected to vote against it, but with the Prime Minister still insisting that he will push through the 42-day proposals, we will keep on campaigning until it’s defeated once and for all.
We’re also holding a “mass sleepwalk” tonight through the streets of Leeds to launch the film – if you can make it to City Square in Leeds by 7.00pm come and join us and bring your dressing-gown and slippers! We’ll be joined by blogger and 7/7 bombing survivor Rachel North at the launch.
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Posted on October 13th, 2008 at 8:22 am
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Brown knows he can’t get this law through the Lords. But he’s not willing to be seen to back down at this point when his poll ratings are awful, global capitalism is in the gutter and his standing within the country and Labour party remains low.
Could he be talking tough about getting this through knowing he will back down later when the media’s attention is elsewhere? Global capitalism fucking up this comprehensively makes every day “a good day to bury bad news”. What else are they doing while everyones attention is on failing banks and gazillion pound taxpayer bailouts?
Chris Ecclestone on the voiceover, glad to see him do his bit.