New Labour should be arrested!

[wolves_wanderer]

the article said:

Tony Blair and the bulk of the Parliamentary Labour Party could (well OK, should) find themselves qualifying as subjects for control orders, under the sweeping powers Home Secretary Charles Clarke and, er, Tony Blair are currently asking them to rush through Parliament. Their offence? Involvement in "terrorism-related activity" as it is defined in the terms of the proposed Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. Anyone considered by the Home Secretary to be covered by any or all of these can have a wide range range of their liberties curtailed by order of the Home Secretary. It seems probable to us that we could bang up the Labour Party on several of them, but we'll take the last one as an example, considering funding as constituting "support or assistance". Hello Gerry Adams MP. In December 2001, at the behest of Tony Blair, the Parliamentary Labour Party voted to allow Sinn Fein MPs to draw allowances. They had previously been denied these on the basis that they had declined to swear the oath of allegiance to the Queen, and were (and still are) unable to take their seats in the Commons. The Labour Government nevertheless gave them access to the allowances, its flimsy excuse being that this would involve them more closely in the peace process. More recently, you will have noticed, that Government has been proposing to suspend these allowances, has been claiming that the Provisional IRA is responsible for the recent massive bank raid in Northern Ireland, and that Sinn Fein's representatives remain closely involved with the Provos, and had knowledge of the planning and execution of the raid. Which we think, in the Government's view, makes them "individuals who are known or believed to be involved in terrorism-related activity." Voting them money sounds like support, and inviting them round for chats with the PM doesn't look good. "Can I support you with another sherry, Mr Adams?"

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Aside from the ridiculous fact that Sinn Fein are allowed allowances at all, surely this just shows up the legislation to be an ill thought out nonsense which is so loosely worded that it can be used to remove civil liberties from anyone the government just doesn't "like the look of" with no possibility of a comeback.

Right or wrong?

[JagLover]

I find this very appealing Tony Blair and all his Socialist Chums Locked up where they can't do anymore harm.

[RobDickinson]

Not only that but it looks like the ONLY legal advice the attourney general gave out over the Iraq war was drafted by TB's friends.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1424130,00.html

So not only did the fudge the evidence for war, they fudged the legalities of it too. Unjust and illigal, prehaps moraly right overall ( but they only wanted oil eh?).

And they'll get elected for a 3rd term.

[mrmaggit]

Yeah, Rockall.

[wolves_wanderer]

I wonder if we can bring a private prosecution