Time for a U-turn on terror suspects

DESPITE the Labour government's proclivity for political U-turns, Gordon Brown seems determined to press on with his plan to increase the limit for holding terrorist suspects without charge from 28 to 42 days despite mounting opposition to the proposal.

The latest critique of the proposed extension comes from the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights (JSCHR), a cross-party group of MPs and peers. The committee report calls the plan "wholly unnecessary" though it offers some sensible alternative to ...