>> It's not about that, it's about remanding anyone seriously suspecting of plotting terrorism...
Yes but what you don't seem to grasp is who is going to do the "serious suspecting" and what recourse will anyone have if the suspicion is ill founded?
And when Islamic fundametalist terrorism becomes a thing of history as eventualy it will what will happen to these new powers? Will the government say "we don't need these powers any more?"
Of course they won't. Governments never like to relinquish powers. They will remain on the statute book "just in case they are needed". And they will inevitably end up being used for reasons quite unintended in the first place.
And should we ever have the misfortune to end up with Government that has leaning to a less democratic system than we have at the moment there sitting on the statute book is just the set of powers they need to lock anyone up they don't like.
If you don't think it could happen look at Trump's America. Do you think you would feel happy if you were American and the Executive had the powers you propose to arrest and detain whoever they seriously supected of wrongdoing?
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